Monday, November 26, 2012

Marijuana Decriminalization Drops Youth Crime Rates by Stunning 20% in One Year 

 By Susan Ferriss Alternet 

 Marijuana — it’s one of the primary reasons why California experienced a stunning 20 percent drop in juvenile arrests in just one year, between 2010 and 2011, according to provocative new research   ...

 "Arrests for youths for the largest single drug category, marijuana, fell by 9,000 to a level not seen since before the 1980s implementation of the ‘war on drugs"

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