Covid lockdowns and legalization laws led to the fewest weed arrests since the 1990s. But why arrest anyone at all?
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Want To Be An FBI Agent? Make Sure Your Cannabis Use Doesn’t Exceed This Number
Want To Be An FBI Agent? Make Sure Your Cannabis Use Doesn’t Exceed This Number
The FBI has been involved in a back and forth with cannabis for a while now.
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Not All Marijuana Offenses Are Pardonable As Cannabis Reform Proceeds
Not All Marijuana Offenses Are Pardonable As Cannabis Reform Proceeds
There have been hundreds of thousands of people incarcerated in state and federal penitentiaries for weed over the decades.
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More Legal Marijuana Equals Less Crime? Not So Fast
More Legal Marijuana Equals Less Crime? Not So Fast
Marijuana advocates like to say that legalization generally means a decrease in crime wherever it is legalized. But that assertion is difficult to prove.
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FBI: Cannabis arrests on the rise for 3rd year running
Law enforcement made an estimated 663,367 cannabis-related arrests in 2018, according to FBI data released this week, up from an estimated 659,700 the previous year. Most were for simple possession.
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