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What does that mean for people previously arrested for weed charges? Can you still be arrested for marijuana use before the amendment kicks in? ... Therefore, you can still get arrested for ...
Over 4,200 people have been charged since the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office announced it would stop prosecuting low-level marijuana possession. Miami-Dade halted weed prosecutions, but ...
In 2022, marijuana arrests made up 33.69% of the arrests made in the state of Florida. The continued prohibition of marijuana places an undue burden on our criminal justice system, resulting in ...
Nationwide, Black people are 3.6 times more likely than white people to be arrested for marijuana, despite similar usage rates. [98] Racial disparities vary in severity among states. For example, Colorado has the lowest disparity with Black people being 1.5 more likely than whites to be arrested for marijuana.
An ACLU analysis of arrests from 2010 to 2018 found that Black people were 3.6 times more likely than white people to be arrested for marijuana possession despite similar rates of use.
The report found that despite marijuana use being roughly equal between blacks and whites, blacks are 3.73 times as likely to be arrested for marijuana possession. [167] Tough marijuana policies have also resulted in the disproportionate mass deportation of over 250,000 legal immigrants in the United States. [168]
Marijuana arrests declined after passage of the 1977 law, but that changed in the 1990s. Between 1997 and 2010, the city arrested 525,000 people for low-level, public-view possession, according to a legislative finding.
An ACLU analysis of arrests from 2010 to 2018 found that Black people were 3.6 times more likely than white people to be arrested for marijuana possession despite similar rates of use.