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Money Spent
on the War On Drugs this Year
Federal
State
Total
The U.S. federal government spent over $15 billion dollars in 2010 on the War on Drugs, at a rate of about $500 per second.
Source:
Office of National Drug Control Policy
State and local governments spent at least another 25 billion dollars.
Source: Jeffrey A. Miron & Kathrine Waldock: "
The Budgetary Impact of Drug Prohibition
," 2010.
People
Arrested for Drug Law Offenses
this Year
Arrests for drug law violations this year are expected to exceed the 1,663,582 arrests of 2009. Law enforcement made more arrests for drug abuse violations (an estimated 1.6 million arrests, or 13.0 percent of the total number of arrests) than for any other offense in 2009.
Someone is arrested for violating a drug law every 19 seconds.
Source:
Uniform Crime Reports, Federal Bureau of Investigation
People
Arrested for Cannabis
Law Offenses this Year
Police arrested an estimated 858,408 persons for cannabis violations in 2009. Of those charged with cannabis violations, approximately 89 percent were charged with possession only. An American is arrested for violating cannabis laws every 30 seconds.
Source:
Uniform Crime Reports, Federal Bureau of Investigation
People
Incarcerated
for Drug Law Offenses this Year
Since December 31, 1995, the U.S. prison population has grown an average of 43,266 inmates per year. About 25 per cent are sentenced for drug law violations.
Source:
U.S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics
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