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USA. Cannabis arrest info and stats

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U.S. cannabis arrests by year — More info, sources, data table.

U.S. drug arrests	U.S. cannabis arrests only
	Year Arrests 1965 18,815 1966 31,119 1967 61,843 1968 95,870 1969 118,903 1970 188,682 1971 225,828 1972 292,179 1973 420,700 1974 445,000 1975 416,100 1976 441,100 1977 457,600 1978 445,800 1979 391,600 1980 401,982 1981 400,300 1982 455,600 1983 406,900 1984 419,400 1985 451,100 1986 361,800 1987 378,700 1988 391,600	Year Arrests 1989 399,000 1990 326,900 1991 287,900 1992 342,300 1993 380,700 1994 481,100 1995 589,000 1996 641,600 1997 695,200 1998 682,900 1999 704,800 2000 734,500 2001 723,600 2002 697,100 2003 755,200 2004 771,600 2005 786,500 2006 829,600 2007 872,700 2008 847,863 2009 858,408 2010 853,839 2011 757,969 2012 749,825
Chart above from United States Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). Image info. Source: Drugs and Crime Facts: Drug law violations and enforcement. Data source here. 23,488,625 U.S. cannabis arrests from 1965 to 2012. Of the 757,969 in 2011 an estimated 663,032 were for marijuana possession alone. See cannabis arrests. Data sources here and here. See template.

U.S. drug arrests

U.S. cannabis arrests only

Year  Arrests
1965   18,815 
1966   31,119 
1967   61,843 
1968   95,870 
1969  118,903
1970  188,682
1971  225,828
1972  292,179
1973  420,700
1974  445,000
1975  416,100
1976  441,100
1977  457,600
1978  445,800
1979  391,600
1980  401,982
1981  400,300
1982  455,600
1983  406,900
1984  419,400
1985  451,100
1986  361,800
1987  378,700
1988  391,600

Year  Arrests
1989  399,000
1990  326,900
1991  287,900
1992  342,300
1993  380,700
1994  481,100
1995  589,000
1996  641,600
1997  695,200
1998  682,900
1999  704,800
2000  734,500
2001  723,600
2002  697,100
2003  755,200
2004  771,600
2005  786,500
2006  829,600
2007  872,700
2008  847,863
2009  858,408
2010  853,839
2011  757,969
2012  749,825

Chart above from United States Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). Image info. Source: Drugs and Crime Facts: Drug law violations and enforcement. Data source here. 23,488,625 U.S. cannabis arrests from 1965 to 2012. Of the 757,969 in 2011 an estimated 663,032 were for marijuana possession alone. See cannabis arrests. Data sources here and here. See template.

Sources for marijuana arrest numbers:

These numbers were used for 1965 through 1981 (except for 1980):
- 1965-1993: Marijuana Research: Uniform Crime Reports - Marijuana Arrest Statistics. Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports.
These BJS numbers were used for 1982 through 2007:
- 1982-2007: Drugs and Crime Facts: Drug law violations and enforcement. From the United States Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports.
The 2008 through 2012 numbers came from the link below. Also, 1980:
- 1995-2012 (and 1980, 1990): Marijuana. Drug War Facts. From Common Sense for Drug Policy. Table also has possession and sales breakdown, total drug arrests, violent crime arrests, property crime arrests, and total arrests of all kinds. Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports.
Since the 1980 number is different between the sources, the last link above is used due to its detailed listing of sources.
Compare cannabis arrest numbers with other categories of arrests:
- United States Crime Rates 1960 - 2012.
Drug Arrest Rates for Drug Abuse Violations statistics. USA census numbers.
Percent distribution of arrests for drug abuse violations. By type of drug, United States, 1982-2009. Sourcebook of criminal justice statistics Online.
See also: Wikimedia Commons:Category:Cannabis arrest statistics.

Arrest Reports. NORML.
Arrest Charts. NORML.

USA. Marijuana possession versus violent crime arrests

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Seth Rogen on cannabis — Seth Rogen. See source.

Police in Washington divert efforts to other crimes due to marijuana law. Much money saved. 20 March 2014. MSNBC.
Marijuana Possession Arrests Exceed Violent Crime Arrests (INFOGRAPHIC). 17 Jan 2013. Huffington Post.

USA. Marijuana possession versus violent crime arrests

Murder rates for USA, Canada, and Europe — Europe and Canada have much lower murder rates than the USA. They also have more harm-reduction oriented drug policies. Sources and data here and here. See Wikipedia: List of countries by intentional homicide rate.

USA. Percent of drug arrests — Marijuana arrests accounted for 52% of all U.S. drug arrests in 2010.

More info and news

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March On Mayor Bloomberg's House: Protest Marijuana Arrests. By Steve Elliott. March 28, 2012. From the article: "Under Bloomberg, More Than 400,000 People Arrested on Low-Level Marijuana Charges in NYC. ... He's spending at least $75 million a year for these arrests. ... In the last five years under Bloomberg, the NYPD made more marijuana arrests than in the 24 years under Mayors Giuliani, Dinkins and Koch combined."

Cannabis is safer

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See longer article: Cannabis is safer.

Obama correctly said that cannabis is safer than alcohol. See: Cannabis is safer.
USA. 1 in 10 deaths of working-age adults are alcohol-related (disease, overdose, car crashes, falls, violence, etc). 87,798 per year, 2006 to 2010. [18][19][20][21][22].

Cannabis is safer!

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See also: Marijuana Is Safer.org and Category: Cannabis is safer. Click images below to enlarge.

Marijuana Majority — www.MarijuanaMajority.com - U.S. support for legalization has since increased to 58% in some polls.

50-year UK study: 1 of every 2 regular smokers will die of a tobacco related disease.
"Tobacco kills nearly 6 million people each year". According to the World Health Organization.

Thailand cigarettes and warnings — Thailand cigarette box warning

U.S. CDC: "Of the 22,114 deaths relating to pharmaceutical overdose in 2012, 16,007 (72%) involved opiod analgesics (also called opioid pain relievers or prescription painkillers), and 6,524 (30%) involved benzodiazepines. (Some deaths include more than one type of drug.)"
U.S. CDC: "In the decade from 2002 to 2011, the annual number of drug poisoning deaths involving heroin doubled, from 2,089 deaths in 2002 to 4,397 deaths in 2011."
Is Weed the Secret to Beating Opiate Addiction?1 2 3 4. "I still use cannabis every day".
Suicides among men aged 20 through 39 years fell after medical marijuana legalization compared with those in states that did not legalize.

USA. 1 in 10 deaths of working-age adults are alcohol-related (disease, overdose, car crashes, falls, violence, and more). 87,798 per year from 2006 to 2010. [23][24][25][26][27]. Since marijuana legalization, highway fatalities in Colorado are at near-historic lows. By The Washington Post. [28][29]. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for U.S. teens. Teen drivers have 3 times more fatal crashes per mile driven. Drinking and driving (2700 yearly), and texting while driving (3000 yearly), are the leading causes. Scary video. [30][31][32][33][34]. Graduated driver licensing has been shown to greatly reduce teen accidents. [35][36][37][38]. Oct. 2014 article: In California full marijuana decriminalization went into effect on Jan. 1, 2011, the report finds that "marijuana decriminalization in California has not resulted in harmful consequences for teenagers, such as increased crime, drug overdose, driving under the influence, or school dropout. In fact, California teenagers showed improvements in all risk areas after reform." Maybe we should consider graduated drinking licenses for alcohol modeled on customs in France, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Italy, etc. [39][40].

Marijuana is safer than peanuts — USA. Tobacco deaths are now 480,000 a year. [1][2][3][4][5]. CDC: "In 2012, of the 41,502 drug overdose deaths in the United States, 22,114 (53%) were related to pharmaceuticals. In 2012, 33,175 (79.9%) of the 41,502 drug overdose deaths in the United States were unintentional, 5,465 (13.2%) were of suicidal intent, 80 (0.2%) were homicides, and 2,782 (6.7%) were of undetermined intent." [6][7]. 16,238 homicides in 2011. [8]. Aspirin number is actually for NSAIDs [9] (take with milk or antacid [10][11]). Peanut allergy deaths is more like 10. [12] Stat sources (all deaths): [13][14][15].

Cigarette Ingredients - Chemicals in Cigarettes. Tri-County Cessation Center. "The list of 599 additives approved by the US Government for use in the manufacture of cigarettes is something every smoker should see. Submitted by the five major American cigarette companies to the Dept. of Health and Human Services in April of 1994, this list of ingredients had long been kept a secret. ... While these ingredients are approved as additives for foods, they were not tested by burning them, and it is the burning of many of these substances which changes their properties, often for the worse. Over 4000 chemical compounds are created by burning a cigarette – 69 of those chemicals are known to cause cancer." See: Wikipedia: Tobacco harm reduction. See Marijuana habit not linked to lung cancer : IMNG Oncology Report: "The difference in risk is likely related to chemical additives in commercial cigarettes that aren’t present in most methods of inhaling marijuana smoke." See: Wikipedia: List of additives in cigarettes. See: Health problems associated with tobacco smoking. See also: Pot Smoking Not Linked To Breathing Problems; May Help Lungs. By Steve Elliott on March 6, 2013.

"In October 2008 the American Association of Public Health Physicians (AAPHP) became the first medical organization in the U.S. to officially endorse tobacco harm reduction as a viable strategy to reduce the death toll related to cigarette smoking." [41] [42] Joel Nitzkin: "So if we can figure that the nicotine in the e-cigarettes is basically a generic version of the same nicotine that is in prescription products, we have every reason to believe that the hazard posed by e-cigarettes would be much lower than one percent, probably lower than one tenth of one percent of the hazard posed by regular cigarettes." [43] [44]

Alcohol versus marijuana. Many photos — On the right side in clockwise order: Carl Sagan, Michael Phelps, Stephen King, Steve Jobs, Montel Williams.

Soda versus marijuana — Study: Why Pot Smokers Are Skinnier. In the *The Atlantic*, May 15, 2013. Ending the War on Fat [16][17]. In *Time* magazine, June 12, 2014. Fats That Heal, Fats That Kill. Book by Udo Erasmus (dangers of refined oils and fats). Cutting Back On Carbs, Not Fat, May Lead To More Weight Loss. In NPR's *All Things Considered*, Sept 1, 2014. A Call for a Low-Carb Diet That Embraces Fat. In *The New York Times*, Sept 1, 2014.

1999 Institute of Medicine report on marijuana — See image info.

Quotes in the image to the left (and in the text below) are from the U.S. government's landmark 1999 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base. The full text of the report is available for free online at the above link, and is searchable. The table of contents by chapter is on the sidebar. The report is also available as a free PDF download. Quotes below are followed by their references. Emphasis added.

Page 109: "Indeed, epidemiological data indicate that in the general population marijuana use is not associated with increased mortality. 138"

- 138. Sidney S, Beck JE, Tekawa IS, Quesenberry CP Jr, Friedman GD. 1997a. Marijuana use and mortality. American Journal of Public Health 87:585—590.

Page 107: "When heavy marijuana use accompanies these symptoms [amotivation], the drug is often cited as the cause, but no convincing data demonstrate a causal relationship between marijuana smoking and these behavior characteristics. 23"

- 23. Chait LD, Pierri J. 1992. Effects of smoked marijuana on human performance: A critical review. In: L Murphy and A Bartke, Editors, Marijuana/Cannabinoids: Neurobiology and Neurophysiology. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. Pp. 387—424.

Page 119: "There is no conclusive evidence that marijuana causes cancer in humans, including cancers usually related to tobacco use."