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Marijuana Arrests Fall To 20-Year Low, But Someone Is Still Getting Busted About Every Minute

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 09/27/2016 - 08:45

Police made fewer arrests for marijuana-related offenses last year than they have in any year since 1996, according to crime data the FBI released Monday. 

Still, authorities in the U.S. made 643,000 arrests for marijuana-related charges in 2015 ― or about one every 49 seconds. Charges related to the drug accounted for 5.9 percent of all arrests, and about 43.2 percent of all drug arrests. 

The number of marijuana arrests has been generally decreasing since peaking in 2007. That year, police made 872,720 total arrests related to the drug, including 775,137 for possession. Just about 574,000 marijuana-related arrests in 2015 involved possession, and arrests for the sale and manufacture of the drug reached a nearly 25-year low.

Support for marijuana legalization is nationally at an all-time high. Four states, as well as the District of Columbia, have already legalized the drug for recreational purposes, and medical...

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