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New York City: Still The Marijuana Arrest Capital Of The World
Low level marijuana arrests in New York City rose for the seventh straight year in 2011 to 50,680. The arrest total is the highest total on record since former pot smoker Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office and it is the second highest total of pot arrests ever recorded in the history of the city (just 587 arrests behind the record holding year 2000, when Mayor Rudolph Giuliani oversaw some 51,267 people arrested for marijuana violations). Shockingly, the near-record high arrest total comes just months after New York City Police Commissioner [...]
Do The Math: The ‘War’ On Pot Is Largely A War Upon Young People
A new study out today estimates that one-third of US young people will be arrested or taken into custody for illegal or delinquent offenses (excluding arrests for minor traffic violations) by the age of 23.
CBS News/Web MD reports on the findings here:
Study: Nearly 1 in 3 U.S. youths will be arrested by age 23
Parents and [...]
Of 50,000 Marijuana Arrests In New York City A Year, Most Are Black And Hispanic Men
NEW YORK — As the nation's biggest city deals with threats of terrorism and a variety of violent crimes, carrying a little bit of marijuana is still a big deal.
There are more arrests for low-level pot possession in New York City &…
Twenty Three Million Marijuana Arrests Since 1937: We Reap What We Sow
We reap what we sow….
On the verge of a three night PBS documentary series on the abject failure of Alcohol Prohibition (one of the taglines for the documentary is ‘a look back to when a law made America lawless’) an email from a victim of the modern prohibition that has totally failed affirms the obvious: [...]
Marijuana Arrests Driving America’s So-Called ‘Drug War,’ Latest FBI Data Shows
Police made 853,838 arrests in 2010 for marijuana-related offenses, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s annual Uniform Crime Report, released today. The arrest total is among the highest ever reported by the agency and is nearly identical to the total number of cannabis-related arrests reported in 2009.
According to the report, marijuana arrests now comprise [...]
Beyond Prohibition Foundation: Harper Government Declares Total War on Marijuana, Possession Arrests Jump 14%
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July 21, 2011
Beyond Prohibition Foundation: Harper Government declares total war on marijuana, possession arrests jump 14%
Statistics Canada today released their annual crime statistics for Canada, revealing a startling i…
Cops Say Forty Years of War on Drugs Is Enough [FEATURE]
This week marks the 40th anniversary of America's contemporary war on drugs, and the country's largest anti-prohibitionist law enforcement organization is commemorating — not celebrating — the occasion w…
What’s Up With Obama’s Cynical Approach to Medical Marijuana?
In October 2009, the Justice Department declared that prosecuting medical-marijuana users and caregivers who clearly comply with state laws was not a wise use of its resources. That declaration has dominated public perception of President Barack Obama’…
Drug Courts Poor Public Policy, Reports Charge [FEATURE]
With a pair of separate reports released Tuesday, the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) and the Justice Policy Institute (JPI) have issued a damning indictment of drug courts as a policy response to drug use. Instead of …
Mass Marijuana Arrest Policy Costs NYC Big Bucks
In a report released Tuesday, the Drug Policy Alliance charged that New York City's unwritten policy of mass arrests of pot smokers—overwhelmingly young and minority—is costing the city $75 million…
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