Inside Looking Out
12-8-08
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Money Spent on the War On Drugs this Year
Federal
State
Total
as of Dec. 8, 2008
| People Arrested for Drug Law Offenses this Year |
| Arrests for drug law violations in 2008 are expected to exceed the 1,889,810 arrests of 2006. Law enforcement made more arrests for drug law violations in 2006 (13.1 percent of the total number of arrests) than for any other offense.
Someone is arrested for violating a drug law every 17 seconds. Source: Uniform Crime Reports, Federal Bureau of Investigation |
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| People Arrested for Cannabis Law Offenses this Year |
| Police arrested an estimated 829,625 persons for cannabis violations in 2006, the highest annual total ever recorded in the United States, according to statistics compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Of those charged with cannabis violations, approximately 89 percent, 738,915 Americans were charged with possession only. An American is now arrested for violating cannabis laws every 38 seconds.
Source: Uniform Crime Reports, Federal Bureau of Investigation |
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| People Incarcerated for Drug Law Offenses this Year |
| Since December 31, 1995, the U.S. prison population has grown an average of 43,266 inmates per year. About 25 per cent are sentenced for drug law violations.
Source: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics From: http://www.drugsense.org/wodclock.htm
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