tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post116742298472483533..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Smoke 'em if you got 'emGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1167662290160476072007-01-01T08:38:00.000-06:002007-01-01T08:38:00.000-06:00In 2004, 44.2 percent of the 1,745,712 total arres...In 2004, 44.2 percent of the 1,745,712 total arrests in the US for drug abuse violations were for marijuana -- a total of 771,605. Of those, 684,319 people were arrested for possession alone. By contrast in 2000, a total of 734,497 Americans were arrested for marijuana offenses, of which 646,042 were for possession alone. <BR/><BR/> Sources: Crime in the United States: FBI Uniform Crime Reports 2004 (Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 2005), p. 278, Table 4.1 & p. 280, Table 29; <BR/><BR/>Now while efforts and resources are bing directed at the least harmful drug, while arresst for harmful drugs have dropped! One has to ask where is the common sense in this effort??? If pot was taken out of the total efforts of enforcement, WHAT KIND OF RETURN ON OUR TAX DOLLARS WOULD WE BE GETTING???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1167509891608646172006-12-30T14:18:00.000-06:002006-12-30T14:18:00.000-06:00the only thing worse than draconian law enforcemen...the only thing worse than draconian law enforcement is snitchesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1167433174195456532006-12-29T16:59:00.000-06:002006-12-29T16:59:00.000-06:00Think of this load as excess supply. That puts in ...Think of this load as excess supply. That puts in perspective.<BR/><BR/>I just wonder how many other countries will turn to this cash crop and smuggle it into the US.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com