News (Media Awareness Project) - US CA: PUB LTE: Kampia, Marijuana Arrests |
| Title: | US CA: PUB LTE: Kampia, Marijuana Arrests |
| Published On: | 1998-11-24 |
| Source: | Los Angeles Times (CA) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-06 19:42:39 |
Marijuana Arrests
As an update to Robert Scheer's Nov. 17 Column Left, "The Drug War Isn't
About Combating Use," it is worth noting that the FBI's new annual crime
report shows that 695,201 people were arrested for marijuana in the United
States in 1997--87% of these for simple possession. This means that more
Americans were arrested for marijuana in 1997 than in any other year in
U.S. history. This is a tremendous waste of criminal justice resources.
Marijuana prohibition creates dangerous criminal markets and takes police
resources away from violent crime. It is time to stop arresting adults who
grow and consume their own marijuana at home.
ROBERT D. KAMPIA, Executive Director Marijuana Policy Project Washington
Jim Rosenfield jnr@insightweb.com tel: 310-836-0926 fax: 310-836-0592 Visit
http://www.insightweb.com
Checked-by: derek rea
As an update to Robert Scheer's Nov. 17 Column Left, "The Drug War Isn't
About Combating Use," it is worth noting that the FBI's new annual crime
report shows that 695,201 people were arrested for marijuana in the United
States in 1997--87% of these for simple possession. This means that more
Americans were arrested for marijuana in 1997 than in any other year in
U.S. history. This is a tremendous waste of criminal justice resources.
Marijuana prohibition creates dangerous criminal markets and takes police
resources away from violent crime. It is time to stop arresting adults who
grow and consume their own marijuana at home.
ROBERT D. KAMPIA, Executive Director Marijuana Policy Project Washington
Jim Rosenfield jnr@insightweb.com tel: 310-836-0926 fax: 310-836-0592 Visit
http://www.insightweb.com
Checked-by: derek rea
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