Then We'll Take it Higher

According to FBI numbers released today, a record 786,545 people were arrested for marijuana offenses in the U.S. last year, up from 771,608 in 2004. Nearly 90 percent of the 2005 arrests involved possession, as opposed to cultivation or sale. Marijuana accounted for more than two-fifths of the year's 1.8 million drug arrests.

[Thanks to Bruce Mirken at the Marijuana Policy Project for doing the math.]