Post on 14-Apr-2017
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Number of American Marijuana Smokers
Monitoring the Future Study
National Home Survey on Drug Abuse
94 Million Americans age 12 and up have tried marijuana at least once
NIDA ( National Institute of Drug Abuse):
Over 6, 000 try marijuana for the first time every day
Marijuana Arrests
FBI/DOJ Bureau of Justice Statistics
Year 2013659,000
Marijuana arrests in Pennsylvania 2013
Possession: 17, 964 adults + 2,724 juveniles = 20, 688Sales/Cultivation: 4,729 adults + 372 juveniles = 5,101
Cost of arrestsPossession = $26.5 million per yearSales/cultivation = $47 million per year
Philadelphia
Possession: 3773 adults + 563 juveniles = 4336 …..83% African American