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Sunday, September 25th, 2011

Marijuana Arrests Driving America’s ‘Drug War,’ Latest FBI Report Shows

Author:     PAUL ARMENTANO
Source:     AlterNet
Publication Date:     September 19, 2011 | 10:27 am
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Stephan:   The persecution of marijuna it becomes clearer and clearer provides essentially the same function as a Sucrose IV bag provides an individual. It pumps dollars down the tube and into the veins of a select group of corporations who by contracting with government, or corporations, run a multi-billion industry, largely funded with tax dollars, and tax breaks.

Police made 853,838 arrests in 2010 for marijuana-related offenses, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s annual Uniform Crime Report, released today. The arrest total is among the highest ever reported by the agency and is nearly identical to the total number of cannabis-related arrests reported in 2009.

According to the report, marijuana arrests now comprise more than one-half (52 percent) of all drug arrests in the United States. An estimated 46 percent of all drug arrests are for offenses related to marijuana possession.

‘Today, as in past years, the so-called ‘drug war’ remains fueled by the arrests of minor marijuana possession offenders, a disproportionate percentage of whom are ethnic minorities,

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