In an unprecedented state-by-state report on marijuana possession arrest rates, the American Civil Liberties Union this month found that between 2001 and 2010, African-Americans were nearly four times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than white Americans. That is despite the fact that marijuana use is similar across racial lines and actually higher among whites in the 18-to-25 age group, which has higher rates of arrest. A third of white Americans in that group say they smoke marijuana, compared with about a quarter of African-Americans.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 13:17:52 +0000
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