NORML Foundation 1001 Connecticut Ave., NW Ste. 710 Washington, DC 20036 202-483-5500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.norml.org Record Number of Marijuana Arrests in 1999! According to the FBI's Crime in the United States 1999 Uniform Crime Reports: There were 704,812 marijuana arrests total Of those arrests: 84,271 were for sales/cultivation. and 620,541 were for simple marijuana possession. These are the 1998 UCR numbers: 682,885 total marijuana arrests. 81,947 were for sales/cultivation. 600,938 were for possession. * 1997 UCR had the previous record for marijuana arrests in a year 695,200. * 4,175,357 Americans have been arrested during the Clinton Administration. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's 1999 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse 76,428,000 Americans have used marijuana in their lifetime. 19,573,000 Americans have used marijuana within the past year. 11,177,000 Americans have used marijuana within the past month. -NORML Foundation 1001 Connecticut Ave., NW Ste. 710 Washington, DC 20036 202-483-5500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.norml.org Forwarded by: Arthur Livermore, Director Falcon Cove Biology Laboratory 44500 Tide Avenue Arch Cape, OR 97102 503-436-1882 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
