“Last year in Nevada, nearly 10,000 violent crimes went unsolved, while we spent millions and arrested thousands for the simple possession of marijuana. The choice is yours: Waste police resources enforcing marijuana laws that don’t work, or use them to go after those who would really hurt us?”
Nearly One In Eight US Drug Prisoners Are Behind Bars For Pot -- Taxpayers Spending Over $1 Billion Annually To Incarcerate Pot Offenders
Washington, DC: Nearly one in eight drug prisoners in America are behind bars for marijuana-related offenses, according to data released this week by the US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS).
The BJS study, "Drug Use and Dependence, State and Federal Prisoners, 2004," reports that 12.7 percent of state inmates and 12.4 percent of federal inmates incarcerated for drug violations are serving time for marijuana offenses. Combining these percentages with separate US Department of Justice (DOJ) statistics on the total number of state and federal drug prisoners (BJS October 2005 Bulletin: "Prisoners in 2004" -- NCJ 210677) suggests that there are now approximately 33,655 state inmates and 10,785 federal inmates incarcerated for marijuana offenses.
NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre said that the new BJS statistics belie the myth that few if any US prisoners are serving time for marijuana-related offenses. "According to these figures, nearly 45,000 state and federal prisoners are behind bars for having committed some type of cannabis-related offense," he said. "This means that US taxpayers are currently spending over $1 billion annually to incarcerate Americans for pot."
I think disease is what they call these particular addictions. It is just a name to describe something that is hard to "cure" What about smoking, is that a disease, or just a cause?
Yes you are exactly right and that is the opposite of what the pharmacutical companies want you to believe. I strongly support NORML and what it stands for, particularly medical marijuana.
Damn, all this time I thought that pic of who you called "dude" was a woman! Sorry..... Now I have a new profile to look at. You know the sunflower on one side and the little kid's head on the other....
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