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To: Libloather
"BJS officials also estimated that 42% of state "marijuana only" prisoners and 23% of federal "marijuana only" prisoners were incarcerated for possession, not "trafficking."[7] ("Trafficking" includes "possession with intent to distribute.") Applied to the previously calculated estimates, as adjusted for the June 1998 prisoner counts, there would be 7,400 state prisoners and 2,300 federal prisoners incarcerated for marijuana possession only, for a total of 9,700 prisoners."

BJS is "Bureau of Justice Statistics." I found this at the first link in a Google search, something I presume you are capable of doing yourself.

10 posted on 09/21/2002 6:09:06 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass
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To: Trailerpark Badass
I found this at the first link in a Google search, something I presume you are capable of doing yourself.

I'm kewl wiff it, but it still doesn't answer the question.

The question is - Has ANYONE ever been imprisoned for smoking pot?

Wanna try again?

15 posted on 09/21/2002 6:16:30 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Trailerpark Badass
"BJS officials also estimated that 42% of state "marijuana only" prisoners and 23% of federal "marijuana only" prisoners were incarcerated for possession, not "trafficking."[7] ("Trafficking" includes "possession with intent to distribute.") Applied to the previously calculated estimates, as adjusted for the June 1998 prisoner counts, there would be 7,400 state prisoners and 2,300 federal prisoners incarcerated for marijuana possession only, for a total of 9,700 prisoners."

You forgot the disclaimer - the above information you found with your nifty google search comes from the "Marijuana Policy Project", an "I want my whacky weed" support project. Since the stat selections and the "math" was done by the "MPP" (whether any toking was going on during said calcuations will be left unexplored), it may be best to ignore MPP propaganda and go to more credible sources. For example, for some credible information on drug use and crime, see:

Drug use and crime

Doing a Google search involves more than finding a site that has the "view" you want, it involves finding credible sources. Its pretty easy to find a given fruitcake site on the Web to "prove" nonsense.

111 posted on 09/21/2002 7:56:18 PM PDT by Enlightiator
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