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Percentage of adults who smoke marijuana to relieve pain or treat a health condition: 42 (Source: The Sacramento Bee Field Poll). Percentage of adults who smoke marijuana recreationally: 39 (Source: The Sacramento Bee). Percentage of adults who say marijuana helps them to relax or sleep: 60 (Source: The Sacramento Bee). Percentage of adults who say marijuana stimulates their [...]
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5. August 2010
Amount (in ounces) of medical marijuana that patients in Washington D.C. are now allowed to posses: 4 (Source: The Examiner). Number of dispensaries proposed for Washington D.C.: 8 (Source: NBC Washington). The sales-tax percentage proposed for medical marijuana in Washington D.C.: 6 (Source: NBC Washington). The cost (in thousands of dollars) of the annual permit fee to cultivate [...]
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1. July 2010
Number of years from the signing of the Declaration of Independence that marijuana was legal in the U.S.: 161 (Source: World Book Encyclopedia. Number of years that marijuana has been illegal in the U.S.: 73 (Source: World Book Encyclopedia). Number of U.S. presidents represented on Mount Rushmore who admitted to smoking marijuana in their lifetimes: 4 of [...]
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3. June 2010
Percentage of likely California voters surveyed who support a proposed initiative that would legalize cannabis for recreational use: 49 (Source: May Public Policy Institute of California Percentage of likely California voters surveyed who oppose a proposed initiative that would legalize cannabis for recreational use: 48 (Source: May Public Policy Institute of California [...]
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6. May 2010
Number of marijuana possession arrests in New York City in 2009: 46,400 (Source: New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services). Percentage change for NYC marijuana possession arrests in 2009 compared to number in 1990: +4,000 (Source: New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services).
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1. April 2010
Percentage of American liberals surveyed who support medical cannabis: 92 (Source: January Washington Post/ABC News poll). Percentage of Americans moderates surveyed who support medical cannabis: 87 (Source: January Washington Post/ABC News poll).
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4. March 2010
Length (in years) of federal prohibition of alcohol: 14 (Source: Encyclopedia Britannica). Length (in years) of federal prohibition of cannabis: 73 (Source: Encyclopedia Britannica). Number of ailments for which cannabis was recommended
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4. February 2010
Percentage of non-whites among all Californians arrested in 1990 for marijuana possession: 50 (Source: Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice). Percentage of non-whites among all Californians arrested in 2008 for marijuana possession: 62 (Source: Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice).
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7. January 2010
Percentage of patients in Texas drug treatment facilities for marijuana abuse who are there voluntarily: 20 (Source: 2007 University of South New Wales study). Percentage of patients in Texas drug treatment facilities for marijuana abuse forced to be there by the courts: 69 (Source: 2007 University of South Wales study).
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3. December 2009
Percentage of Los Angeles voters surveyed in October who want dispensaries regulated rather than prosecuted: 77 (Source: Marijuana Policy Project study).Percentage of L.A. voters surveyed who say they support California’s Medical Marijuana
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2. September 2010
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