Legal System

Legalizing Marijuana will save millions of dollars in prison costs.   MYTH

 

80.4% Offenses Not Involving Drugs

16.9% Drug Offenses Not Involving Marijuana

2.4% Offenses Involvong Marijuana (not Possession)

0.3% Mariuajna Possession ONLY

   

In 2008, arrests for alcohol related crimes such as violations of liquor laws and DUI (driving under the influence) but not alcohol related crimes of violence totaled 2.7 million.

 

Marijuana- related arrests totaled 847,000