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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 ...
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 ...
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]
Timeline of Gallup polls in US on legalizing marijuana. [1]In the United States, cannabis is legal in 39 of 50 states for medical use and 24 states for recreational use. At the federal level, cannabis is classified as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, determined to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use, prohibiting its use for any purpose. [2]
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 ...
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 ...
Drugged-driving arrests connected to marijuana use have declined in the three years since New York’s cannabis legalization in 2021, as questions linger about efforts to keep stoned drivers off ...