In America, of the 1,846,351 arrests for drug law violations in 2005, 81.7% (1,508,469) were for possession of a controlled substance. Only 18.3% (337,882) were for the sale or manufacture of a drug.
Crime in America: FBI Uniform Crime Reports 2005 (Washington, DC: US Dept. of Justice, 2006).

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