Taxpayers annually spend between $7.5 billion and $10 billion arresting and prosecuting individuals for marijuana violations. Almost 90 percent of these arrests are for marijuana possession only.
REFERENCE: NORML. 1997. Still Crazy After All These Years: Marijuana Prohibition 1937-1997: A report prepared by the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) on the occasion of the Sixtieth anniversary of the adoption of the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937. Washington, DC; Federal Bureau of Investigation's combined Uniform Crime Reports: Crime in the United States (1990-2000): Table: Arrest for Drug Abuse Violations. U.S. Department of Justice: Washington, DC.
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
Categories
- A hard look on myths VS facts (19)
- Criminal laws prohibiting marijuana possession do not deter marijuana use (5)
- Decriminalization does not lead to greater marijuana use (5)
- Decriminalizing marijuana frees up police resources to deal with more serious crimes. (9)
- Far more harm is caused by the criminal prohibition of marijuana than by the use of marijuana itself. (9)
- WebMD (4)
No comments:
Post a Comment