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Illinois and several other states have used recreational marijuana programs to wipe criminal records and ease sentences for certain marijuana crimes. Ohio Issue 2, which voters will decide on Nov ...
In 2024, Miami Beach police made 166 arrests for misdemeanor amounts of marijuana by July 27, representing 25% of such marijuana arrests countywide in that timeframe, according to data from the ...
Two guns and numerous bags of marijuana were seized in the arrest of six individuals, according to the San Jose Police Department. On Friday, San Jose police officers pulled over a car for a code ...
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 ...
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.
These marijuana-related arrests now account for over half of all drug-related arrests in the United States. [154] These arrests tend to be racially imbalanced as a black person is 3.73 times more likely to be arrested than a white person for marijuana-related charges, [154] despite research that suggests fairly equal usage rates between the two ...
375,000 cannabis plants and 33,480 pounds of harvested marijuana: Largest seizure ever in Los Angeles County, worth over one billion dollars. [31] [32] Oregon State Police: White City, Oregon: 2021: 500,000 pounds of harvested marijuana: More than 100 people were arrested along with the seizure marijuana worth approximately $500 million. [33 ...
Marijuana arrests comprise almost one-half (48.3%) of all drug arrests reported in the U.S. [95] According to the American Civil Liberties Union, there were 8.2 million marijuana arrests from 2001 to 2010, and 88% of those arrests were just for having marijuana with them. [96]