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Pot prohibition costs Florida at least $200 million per year

Floridians get to free the weed at the ballot box Nov. 5. What’s at stake? Scores of weed arrests, and at least $200 million per year in tax revenue for a massive, newly legal economy.  Also, tens of millions of dollars more in criminal justice s…

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Arrests for weed in Minnesota show glaring disparities among demographics, here’s the data

Black Minnesotans are more than four times more likely to get arrested for marijuana according to the latest data from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
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Racism Persists In States With Criminal Penalties For Cannabis Possession

Racism Persists In States With Criminal Penalties For Cannabis Possession
A study published in the journal JAMA Health Forum sheds light on one of the examples of racial disparity across the US.
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DEA Reports Uptick In Marijuana-Related Seizures & Arrests: Why Is This Happening? NORML Has An Idea

DEA Reports Uptick In Marijuana-Related Seizures & Arrests: Why Is This Happening? NORML Has An Idea
DEA agents confiscated approximately 5.53 million cultivated cannabis plants last year — a 20% increase over 2020’s totals.
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Federal Arrests For Marijuana Have Declined As More States Legalize It

Federal Arrests For Marijuana Have Declined As More States Legalize It
Cannabis busts dropped an average of 11% each year since 2010 when the DEA made 8,215 arrests.
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Federal Marijuana Cases Drop Again In 2021 As More States Legalize

Federal Marijuana Cases Drop Again In 2021 As More States Legalize
As more states legalize, federal officials are apparently placing less emphasis on going after people for cannabis.
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Cannabis Decriminalization Beneficial To Blacks, New Study Finds

Cannabis Decriminalization Beneficial To Blacks, New Study Finds
African Americans are nearly four times more likely to get arrested for marijuana possession laws than whites.
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Legalization Momentum: Courts Expunge 362K Marijuana Cases In NJ, Arrests Drop 90% In VA

Legalization Momentum: Courts Expunge 362K Marijuana Cases In NJ, Arrests Drop 90% In VA
The reduction in arrests indicates that public policy is working as intended and in a way that is consistent with post-legalization observations from other states….

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Legalization Momentum: Courts Expunge 362K Marijuana Cases In NJ, Arrests Drop 90% In VA

Legalization Momentum: Courts Expunge 362K Marijuana Cases In NJ, Arrests Drop 90% In VA
The reduction in arrests indicates that public policy is working as intended and in a way that is consistent with post-legalization observations from other states….