The FBI’s annual Uniform Crime Report was released this morning and provides an updated look…
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The FBI released their crime and arrest statistics for 2012 today and, despite the fact…
Police made 757,969 arrests in 2011 for marijuana-related offenses, according to the Federal Bureau of…
Police made 853,838 arrests in 2010 for marijuana-related offenses, according to the Federal Bureau of…
[Editor’s note: This post is excerpted from NORML’s weekly media advisory. To have NORML’s media…
Washington, DC: Police arrested 847,864 persons for marijuana violations in 2008, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s annual Uniform Crime Report, released today. The total marks a three percent decrease in marijuana arrests from 2007, when law enforcement arrested a record 872,721 Americans for cannabis-related violations.
It’s been clear for quite some time that proponents of marijuana prohibition have nary a leg to stand on. When their position is scrutinized, even the least bit, it ends up collapsing like a house of cards.
The Czar’s nose grew another six inches when he uncorked this whopper: “The fact is today, people don’t go to jail for the possession of marijuana. Finding somebody in jail or prison for possession of marijuana is like finding a unicorn. It doesn’t exist.”