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Table 61. Percentage¹ of Adult Male Booked Arrestees Who Used Marijuana, by Location, 1991–2001

Location	Year
Location	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Albany (Capital Area)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	45	47
Albuquerque	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	36	37	47	38
Anchorage	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33	38	38	38
Atlanta	12	22	26	25	32	37	36	26	44	38	—
Birmingham	16	22	28	28	36	44	43	39	39	45	49
Charlotte	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	44	48
Chicago	23	26	40	38	41	47	48	42	45	—	50
Cleveland	12	17	23	28	29	37	46	37	43	49	47
Dallas	19	28	28	33	37	44	44	43	39	36	33
Denver	25	34	36	39	33	42	42	41	44	41	40
Des Moines	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	42	43	42	43
Detroit	18	27	37	38	42	46	44	47	48	50	48
Ft. Lauderdale	28	32	30	29	33	38	38	44	39	43	—
Honolulu	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	30	30
Houston	17	24	24	23	29	33	24	36	38	36	—
Indianapolis	23	35	42	39	38	51	44	45	48	49	50
Kansas City	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	49
Laredo	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	39	33	29	26
Las Vegas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	26	28	33	35
Los Angeles	19	23	23	20	23	30	27	27	32	—	—
Miami	23	30	26	28	29	34	32	29	36	39	—
Minneapolis	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	45	44	54	54
New Orleans	16	19	25	28	32	40	38	38	40	47	45
New York City²	18	22	21	24	28	38	32	39	41	41	41
Oklahoma City	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	53	48	57	51
Omaha	26	38	42	44	42	52	33	44	51	48	56
Philadelphia	18	26	32	32	34	39	41	45	41	49	43
Phoenix	22	22	31	29	29	28	30	32	36	34	40
Portland, OR	33	28	30	27	29	35	38	37	35	36	36
Sacramento	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	44	44	50	48
St. Louis	16	21	28	36	39	52	48	50	—	—	—
Salt Lake City	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	37	35	34	34
San Antonio	20	28	32	30	34	39	34	41	36	41	41
San Diego	33	35	40	36	35	40	38	36	36	39	36
San Jose	25	24	27	30	27	27	29	25	34	36	38
Seattle	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	35	39	38	35
Spokane	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	43	44	40	42
Tucson	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	39	45	45	44
Tulsa	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	48
Washington, D.C.	11	20	26	30	32	40	39	38	35	—	—
— Data not available. ¹ Percent positive by urinalysis, January through December of each year. Percentages are rounded. ² Data before the third quarter of 1998 pertains to Manhattan only. Sources: 1991–1996 data from Drug Use Forecasting (1991–1996); 1997–1998 data from Annual Report on Adult and (1997 and 1998); 1999 data from 1999 Annual Report on Drug Use Among Adult and Juvenile Arrestees, Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program (ADAM), National Institute of Justice (NIJ); 2000 data from 2000 Annualized Site Visit (2001); 2001 data from Drug Use and Related Matters Among Adult Arrestees, 2001, ADAM, NIJ.

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