Federal Drug Sentences: Fiscal Years 1992 - 1998
by Agency and Lead Charge

(Compiled by TRAC from Justice Department data;
see also U.S. Court and Sentencing Commission data)

Agency and Lead Charge		Prison Sentence (months)
		92	93	94	95	96	97	98
Average Sentence
All Agencies	21 USC 841	84	76	79	77	74	74	65
	21 USC 846	108	111	115	111	92	92	82
	Total Drugs	86	85	89	88	78	76	67
DEA	21 USC 841	88	74	78	78	75	76	71
	21 USC 846	106	103	106	123	89	92	83
	Total (all DEA)	94	90	93	98	81	82	75
Customs	21 USC 841	51	67	68	53	42	44	32
	21 USC 952	33	33	30	30	35	36	29
	Total Title 21	50	50	52	45	44	43	35
FBI	21 USC 841	99	77	78	82	83	83	76
	21 USC 846	98	155	117	101	93	96	85
	Total Title 21	101	114	103	100	88	90	80
Median Sentence
All Agencies	21 USC 841	51	51	48	50	48	46	41
	21 USC 846	60	60	60	60	60	60	60
	Total Drugs	48	48	48	48	48	46	46
DEA	21 USC 841	60	57	48	51	48	48	50
	21 USC 846	60	60	60	60	60	60	60
	Total (all DEA)	60	60	60	57	54	51	57
Customs	21 USC 841	31	30	30	30	27	27	20
	21 USC 952	21	18	18	20	27	27	21
	Total Title 21	24	27	30	27	30	30	24
FBI	21 USC 841	43	46	57	54	60	57	60
	21 USC 846	60	60	60	60	60	60	60
	Total Title 21	48	49	60	60	60	60	60

Drugs cover all DEA matters plus referrals from all  other agencies where Title 21 is the lead charge;
mean and medians include probation-only sentences as 0 prison months.  Sentence information unavailable prior to 1992.

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