La guerra contra la marihuana: en blanco y negro

Este informe revela que la población afrodescendiente tiene 3,73 veces más probabilidades de ser arrestada por posesión de marihuana en los Estados Unidos que las personas de raza blanca. Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo.

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The report relies on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Uniform Crime Reporting Pr ogram and the United States Census’ annual county population estimates to document arrest rates by race per 100,000 for marijuana possession. This report is the first to examine marijuana possession arrest rates by race for all 50 states (and the District of Columbia) and their respective counties from 2001 to 2010.

The report founds that between 2001 and 2010, there were over 8 million pot arrests in the U.S. That’s one bust every 37 seconds and hundreds of thousands ensnared in the criminal justice system. Enforcing marijuana laws costs us about $3.6 billion a year, yet the War on Marijuana has failed to diminish the use or availability of marijuana.

Marijuana use is roughly equal among Blacks and whites, yet Blacks are 3.73 times as likely to be arrested for marijuana possession.

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