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On January 1, 2008 more than 1 in 100 adults in the United States were in prison or jail. [7] [8] Total U.S. incarceration peaked in 2008. [5] The U.S. incarceration rate was the highest in the world in 2008. [4] It is no longer the highest rate. [9] The United States has one of the highest rates of female incarceration. [10]
In a study done by the American Civil Liberties Union, from 2001 to 2010 Black and white people use marijuana at about the same rate. [97] Nationwide, Black people are 3.6 times more likely than white people to be arrested for marijuana, despite similar usage rates. [98] Racial disparities vary in severity among states.
Timeline of Gallup polls in US on legalizing marijuana. [1]In the United States, cannabis is legal in 39 of 50 states for medical use and 24 states for recreational use. At the federal level, cannabis is classified as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, determined to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use, prohibiting its use for any purpose. [2]
Over the past few years, there has been a lot of talk about the legalization of marijuana and how it would affect our economy. Some numbers point to the reduction of government costs of prison ...
Drugged-driving arrests connected to marijuana use have declined in the three years since New York’s cannabis legalization in 2021, as questions linger about efforts to keep stoned drivers off ...
Biden did recently pardon 39 people convicted of nonviolent crimes and commuted the sentence of nearly 1,500 people who were placed in home confinement, AP News reported. This was the largest ...
For every mother that is incarcerated in the United States there are about another ten people (children, grandparents, community, etc.) that are directly affected. [297] [298] Moreover, more than 2.7 million children in the United States have an incarcerated parent. [299]
intent to distribute marijuana [17] Paul Whelan: 28 December 2018 1 August 2024: 2043 espionage Trevor Reed: 16 August 2019 27 April 2022 985 violence against an officer [18] Eugene Spector 19 February 2020 In detention: 1808 bribery and espionage [19] Marc Fogel: 15 August 2021 In detention: 1265 marijuana possession [20] [21] Sarah Krivanek ...