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Delaware v. Prouse

Drunk Driving And Drug Use

DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATEDIn 1992, there were 1,319,583 reported arrests for drunk driving in the United States.
Leading the nation was California, with 255,856 arrests, or about 19 percent of the whole. This means that an average of one Californian out of 123--a staggering number--was arrested for drunk driving.
Texas came in second, with 109,956 (8.33 percent), and North Carolina third, with 72,889 (5.5 percent).
Drug-abuse violations accounted for a much smaller (but still substantial) number of arrests: 920,424 across the United States in 1992.
Again, California had the dubious distinction of taking the lead, with 227,784--almost one-quarter of all drug arrests nationwide.
New York was second, with 101,348, a little more than 11 percent.
Texas took third place with 69,835, or approximately 7.5 percent.
Delaware was in 47th place with 525 arrests, or 0.06 percent, placing it ahead of only Montana, North Dakota, and Vermont. It should be noted that among the states, Delaware ranks 46th in population, but even so, the proportion of drug arrests is small--an average of one in every 1,345 Delawareans.