Boulder Weekly, 20 Jun 2013 – Among the reasons I voted for Amendment 64 was that I was tired of people being arrested and sent to prison for simple possession of marijuana. I had read stories and anecdotal reports over the years about disproportionate arrest numbers for blacks and whites, and that law enforcement was using pot possession busts to boost arrest numbers. But I still wasn’t ready for "The War On Marijuana – In Black and White," released by the American Civil Liberties Union last week. Using data from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program and the U.S. Census’ annual county population estimates by age, sex, race and ethnicity, the report is the first to document arrest rates per 100,000 for marijuana possession for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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