Table 43 DRUG OFFENDERS RECEIVING MANDATORY MINIMUMS IN EACH DRUG TYPE1 Fiscal Year 2016

No Drug 2 Mandatory Minimum DRUG TYPE

Five-Year Drug Mandatory Minimum N %

TOTAL

N

%

19,787

10,982

55.5

4,094

Powder Cocaine

3,891

1,570

40.3

Crack Cocaine

1,582

860

Heroin

2,830

Marijuana

Ten-Year Drug 3 Mandatory Minimum N

%

20.7

4,711

23.8

935

24.0

1,386

35.6

54.4

441

27.9

281

17.8

1,646

58.2

587

20.7

597

21.1

3,534

2,610

73.9

772

21.8

152

4.3

Methamphetamine

6,625

3,041

45.9

1,321

19.9

2,263

34.2

Other

1,325

1,255

94.7

38

2.9

32

2.4

TOTAL

S-112

1

Of the 67,742 cases, 19,945 were sentenced under USSG Chapter Two, Part D (Drugs). Of these, 19,788 cases were sentenced under §§2D1.1 (Drug Trafficking), 2D1.2 (Protected Locations), 2D1.5 (Continuing Criminal Enterprise), 2D1.6 (Use of a Communication Facility), 2D1.8 (Rent/Manage Drug Establishment), or 2D2.1 (Simple Possession). Of these 19,788 cases, one was excluded because the case involved a mandatory minimum from one of the following statutes: 21 U.S.C. § 860(a) or 21 U.S.C. § 865. Descriptions of variables used in this table are provided in Appendix A.

2

Includes 98 cases that had a drug mandatory minimum of 12 months or less.

3

Includes 291 cases that had a drug mandatory minimum greater than ten years.

SOURCE: U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2016 Datafile, USSCFY16.