Monday, June 1, 2009
News Add It Up: Atlanta arrestees big on coke
Posted by Mara Shalhoup on Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 2:14 PM
Rank of Atlanta among 10 cities when it comes to the highest percentage of arrestees who tested positive for drugs last year: 6
Rank of Atlanta when it comes to the highest percentage of arrestees who tested positive for cocaine, specifically: 1
Percentage of New Yorkers arrestees who tested positive for cocaine: 27
Percentage of Atlanta arrestees who did: 40
Number of cities, besides Atlanta, that saw more arrestees test positive for cocaine than marijuana: 0
Percentage of Chicago arrestees who tested positive for marijuana: 48
Percentage of Atlanta arrestees who did: 39
Number of cocaine packets found last week on a man in the Turner Field parking lot: 118
Number of cocaine and money-laundering counts filed in late May against a Georgia criminal defense attorney: 40
Sources: U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy, WSB-TV, Fulton Daily Report.
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