In 2019, the FBI reports there were a total of 1,558,862 arrests for all drug offenses, of which 207,329 were for sale or manufacture of any drug, and 1,351,533 were for possession of any drug.

• Of the 207,329 sale/manufacture arrests in 2019, 65,472 were for heroin, cocaine, and derivatives; 45,207 were for marijuana; 26,500 were for synthetic or manufactured drugs; and 68,590 were for other dangerous nonnarcotic drugs.

• Of the 1,351,533 possession arrests that year, 305,537 were for heroin, cocaine, and derivatives; 500,395 were for marijuana; 62,354 were for synthetic or manufactured drugs; and 483,247 were for other dangerous nonnarcotic drugs.

• Table: drug arrests from 2010-2019
• Table: Total Annual Arrests in the US by Year and Type of Offense, 1996-2019