Pot times July 17, 2005
Drug, Alcohol Arrests Up
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1126/a06.htmlNewshawk: Herb
Webpage: http://www.currentargus.com/artman/publish/article_14040.shtml
Pubdate: Sun, 17 Jul 2005
Source: Carlsbad Current-Argus (NM)
Copyright: 2005 Carlsbad Current-Argus
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2549
Author: Jeff Keller, Current-Argus Staff Writer
STATISTICS: DRUG, ALCOHOL ARRESTS UP
CARLSBAD -- Arrest records for 2003 and 2004 from the Carlsbad Police and Eddy
County Sheriff's departments and the Carlsbad office of the New Mexico State
Police show increases in arrests for driving under the influence and
drug-related incidents.
The state police and sheriff's department showed increases in DWI arrests.
The state police had 92 DWI arrests in 2003 and 97 in 2004. The sheriff's
department saw an increase of 32 DWI arrests, from 44 in 2003 to 76 in 2004.
The police department saw a slight decrease in DWI arrests from 115 in 2003 to
107 in 2004.
The sheriff's and police departments saw drastic increases in drug-related
arrests between 2003 and 2004. The police department almost doubled its
total of 154 drug-related arrests in 2003, making 302 arrests in 2004. The
sheriff's department had 70 arrests for drug-related crimes in 2003, but made
123 drug-related arrests in 2004.
