THE FACTS

Since 1971, the War on Drugs has cost the United States an estimated $1.5T

The federal government spends more than $9B per day incarcerating Americans convicted of drug offenses

15.7MM people were arrested for cannabis offenses in the last decade

More than 1.25MM Americans are arrested for each year for drug possession

50% of all drug arrests are for cannabis. Of those, 92% are for possession

Every 25 seconds, someone in the United States is arrested for drug possession

People of color made up 94% of cannabis arrests by the NYPD in 2020

Black and Latino individuals together make up 29% of the total U.S population, but more than 75% of drug law violators in state and federal prisons

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