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- See also: Drug war charts and maps.
- See also: Wikimedia Commons:Category:Cannabis arrest statistics.
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USA. Marijuana possession versus violent crime arrests
Seth Rogen. See source.
Marijuana Possession Arrests Exceed Violent Crime Arrests (INFOGRAPHIC). 17 Jan 2013. Huffington Post.
USA. Cannabis arrest info and stats
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Chart above from United States Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). See image info and sources. See cannabis arrests. |
Sources for marijuana arrest numbers by year:
- Commons:File:US Cannabis Arrests.svg - see sources and data table below the timeline chart.
- 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.
Europe and Canada have lower drug arrest rates, and much lower murder rates than the USA. For chart wikitext and more info go here and here.
http://www.norml.org/share/marijuana_arrests_chart500_short.gif
Marijuana arrests accounted for 52% of all U.S. drug arrests in 2010.
More info and news
- marijuana-arrests.com
- 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."