Pot, Drug Possession Dominate New Arrest Statistics

Radley Balko - The Huffington Post | 9.17.2013 11:07 AM

The FBI crime statistics for 2012 are out, and once again, they demonstrate the massive amount of law enforcement resources we devote to preventing people from getting high. And from pot in particular.

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UnCivilServant 12 years ago

If we ended the drug war and laid off the cops, could we balance the budget this year?
1. DJF 12 years ago
  
  Don't forget the prosecutors, judges, court staff, prison staff, parole officers, welfare staff, etc.
DesigNate 12 years ago

That's impossible. Every liberal douchebag I know swears that Obama's America isn't fascistic like Boooosshh's.
Spartacus 12 years ago

The link is to the HuffPost. I feel dirty now.
Paul. 12 years ago

Jobs. Next story.
sarcasmic 12 years ago

Drugs are bad, m'kay?
Warty 12 years ago

Kinda slim pickings from the SUPER USERS today. Two gems:

geewhizwow
Have a day.
297 Fans
11 hours ago (12:09 AM)
Make liquor illegal too. Dui's and public intox laws
are legal robbery
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Tanya OaksBrooks
Sarcastic, left-wing, science-loving rocker chick
1649 Fans
10 hours ago ( 1:07 AM)
Legal robbery? So you should just be allowed to drive drunk and kill innocent people?

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Nick Vanocur
A poet with rhyme in search of reason
2367 Fans
19 hours ago ( 5:53 PM)
"Oh no, I spilled my martini on the pot statistics!"
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LaoShur
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18 hours ago ( 6:27 PM)
That's OK, in the time it took you to type that, corporate just cut down 1000 acres of pristine wilderness to make way for planting more juniper bushes and olive trees to keep those gin martinis flowing! So, SPILL AWAY congress! We've got pot smokers to persecute!!

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