FBI study: Marijuana arrests stay near record high

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Most of the 749,824 arrests in 2011 were for no more than possession


CUNY sociology professor and marijuana policy researcher Harry Levine told me for an interview in the New Inquiry that marijuana possession arrests were a “national scandal” on the level of the Love Canal and Ford Pinto scandals.

A new FBI study, based on the most recent national statistics from up to 2011, found that marijuana arrests have remained at an all-time high, with 749,824 arrests that year, the vast majority (87 percent) for no more than possession. A release from the nonprofit Marijuana Policy Project noted:

These results show that one person is arrested for marijuana possession every 48 seconds on average in the United States. A Pew Research Poll released in April reported that a majority of Americans think marijuana should be taxed and regulated in a manner similar to alcohol.
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Levine, a longtime proponent of legalization, told me earlier this year:

The work of exposing these huge numbers of possession arrests has only just begun, but the facts are startling. In New York City for over 15 years more people have been arrested for marijuana possession than for any other criminal charge whatsoever. One arrest in eight is for simple possession of a small amount of marijuana. That general pattern is true for many other cities and counties.

Police arrest mostly young and low-income people for marijuana possession, 90 percent men, disproportionately young blacks and Latinos. In the last 15 years, police and sheriff ’s departments in every major U.S. city and county have made over 10 million of these possession arrests… Years of federal studies have found that young whites use marijuana at higher rates than young blacks or Latinos, but the young people of color are far more likely to be stopped, frisked and searched by police than young whites.
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http://www.salon.com/2013/09/16/fbi_study_marijuana_arrests_stay_near_record_high/
 
follow the trail far enough and you find a greedy person who is using propaganda to promote their own money making scheme.. that entails putting a innocent man in a cage or steeling their money.. if you are involved in this in any form you should hate yourself.,, and every time you look at your kids you should think how you used and even bought into absolute bull shit to put another fine person in a place where they wont see their family or kids for a long time.. yeah your a disgrace, hope the benies are worth loosing your soul.
 
23536 said:
Didn't the US drug czar say that nobody goes to jail for marijuana any more?
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He said no one goes to prison. But yeah he is a fucking liar no suprise there really. I know in my area the counties use pot arrests as a money msking tool. Arrest them put them on drug court and milk there money.
 
Drug War Rolls On With 1.5 Million Arrests Last Year

http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2013/sep/17/drug_war_rolls_15_million_arrest

The FBI Monday released its annual Uniform Crime Report, and the numbers show that the war on drugs continues to roll right along. Despite marijuana legalization in two states and increasing public support for policy alternatives to perpetual drug war, police arrested slightly more drug offenders than the previous year, with drug arrests accounting for nearly 13% of all arrests for any offense.

The data showed 1,552,432 arrests for drug offenses last year, some 21,000 more than the previous year. Nearly half (48.3%) were marijuana offenses, down slightly from 49.5% the previous year.
That is just under three quarters of a million (749,825) pot arrests last year, down a negligible 8,000 from 2011. Some 87% of all marijuana arrests were for simple possession, meaning that 658,231 people got popped just for holding a little weed. Another 91,593 were arrested for growing or selling the stuff.

Drug law violations constituted the largest number of arrests in any offense category, outstripping driving under the influence (1.28 million arrests), larceny/theft (1.28 million), simple assault (1.12 million arrests), disorderly conduct (544,000), all violent crime combined (521,000), and drunkenness (511,000). Only the number of all property crime arrests combined (1.65 million) exceeded the number of drug arrests.

The drug war juggernaut cruised on even as violent crime increased in 2012 -- the first increase in six years. Violent crimes -- rape, robbery, murder, aggravated assault -- rose 0.7% over 2011, prompting advocates to call on law enforcement to concentrate on violent crime, not drug users.

"As a former prosecuting attorney myself, I believe it is irresponsible to squander our limited law enforcement resources on this disastrous public policy failure," said Dan Riffle, Marijuana Policy Project federal policies director. "That is especially true when so many violent crimes remain unsolved. Every second spent arresting and prosecuting adults for marijuana is time that could have been spent preventing and solving real crimes."

"Each one of those arrests is the story of someone who may suffer a variety of adverse effects from their interaction with the justice system," said Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) executive director Neill Franklin, a former Maryland narcotics officer. "Commit a murder or a robbery and the government will still give you a student loan. Get convicted for smoking a joint and you're likely to lose it."

http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2013/sep/17/drug_war_rolls_15_million_arrest
 
his is and has been a problem even in states that are under "medical marijuana"

from county to county education and awareness with in police departments is all over the place or flat out non existent. it is almost treated in some areas that the medical program is not even in place and has no legit weight.. it can be totally fucked and create more than a mess for so many honest individuals trying to practice there rights under state law. even if legal medical filings are in place they can still end up being dragged through a court process spending money and time that in some instances.. many instances do not have the means to go through and deal with the system. more money. lost money.

when the DEA comes in and makes it's presents in areas things can get very heightened and the arrest elevated quit rapidly. it is really sad. so many of the arrest and raids take place with in the medical community and is a complete domino effect with in the community.. just lose all around. i have felt this first hand and is very aggravating and depressing, i do not even want to think about how much money i lost through out the different stages.... i was told in court by a judge that i could not smoke medical marijuana with my prescription but my opiate medications were just fine.... wow.

sad moneys.
 
disproportionately young blacks and Latinos
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Middle aged white people are not the majority of the 700 000 busted people even though they smoke as much or more than 18 year old minorities. The law is not equally enforced.
 
I don't care if you are blue with purple spots...we are a free country...you should be free to put whatever you wish in your body...right now we are free to do as they tell us.
 
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