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News. Sources. GMM Facebook. 2022 GMM. Ballotpedia: marijuana and minimum wage. US Congress could legalize or deschedule adult-use cannabis at the federal level if the Republican filibuster was gone. Do not vote for US Senate candidates that support the filibuster. [20]. ![]() Republican states. It's not just cannabis prohibition. Note high rates in Republican south ![]() Sao Paulo, Brazil. June 11, 2022. [12][13] 21 June 2022. Mississippi Supreme Court Upholds Life Sentence for Weed Possession. 2.5 ounces. 3 prior felony convictions. None involved actual violence against people. Mississippi is a Republican state. 3rd highest incarceration rate in the world behind Louisiana and Oklahoma. All 3 are far higher than the US as a whole. US has highest rate among countries.
Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin could save abortion rights but ... they won't.
Multi-city 420 lists
18 Apr 2022: Legalizing marijuana lowers demand for prescription drugs, study finds. "The reductions in drug utilization that we find could lead to significant cost savings for state Medicaid programs." ![]() Mitch McConnell. More info. 26 Mar 2022: Mitch McConnell’s Confederate Flag Photo Resurfaces as He Announces He Will Oppose Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court Confirmation. [38][39] [40][41]. The Republican roots of the racist drug war go all the way back to President Nixon. See: Race, ethnicity, and drug war.
25 Mar 2022: Native Americans Are Operating New York State’s First Legal Cannabis Dispensaries. ![]() ![]() Life expectancy vs healthcare spending. US wastes so much money. Source. ![]() 16 Mar 2022: Delaware. Cannabis legalization backers question ‘suspicious’ amendments before bill fell short in house vote. [42]. Republicans actually lost this vote. But their anti-democracy rule killed the bill: "The three-fifths vote is required on legislation that raises revenues." 8 Mar 2022: Virginia Bill to Allow Marijuana Resentencing Killed by Republicans.
4 Mar 2022: Upstate New York’s Cayuga Nation expands its legal marijuana business. Several of the state’s Indian nations sell cannabis. 25 Feb 2022: Louisville family held at gunpoint during botched SWAT marijuana raid settles lawsuit for $460K. Some of these cops were later involved in the Breonna Taylor killing.
9 Feb: Ohio. Proposal to legalize marijuana faces yet another roadblock in Senate Republican leader. ![]() ![]() ![]()
Today: Google News search: Republicans refuse to get vaccinated. The Covid pandemic would be over by now in the US if not for the lies of the Republican echo chamber. Unvaccinated Republicans are dying in droves.
19 Dec 2021: Straight out of Inwood: ‘Legacy’ New York City pot dealers going legit — ‘We got that good work. The best of the best.’ ![]() Philippines. Proposed bill to produce and export medical cannabis. Tax the rich! End drug war! The drug war is a control tool of the Republican Party. Nov 2021: 40 under 40 Outstanding BIPOC leaders in Drug Policy - SSDP. BIPOC stands for "Black, Indigenous, and People of Color". SSDP = Students for Sensible Drug Policy.
20 Nov: Oregon raid seizes an epic amount of illegal marijuana. 500,000 pounds. [63][64]. ![]() Putin's prisons in Russia. Almost as bad as Syria's torture death camps. ![]()
10 Nov 2021: Senator Warren presses Biden on pardons for nonviolent cannabis convictions. Article: The letter cites the Democratic primary debate in November 2019, during which Biden laid out his views on marijuana reform. "Number one, I think we should decriminalize marijuana, period," Biden said at the time. "And I think everyone — anyone who has a record should be let out of jail, their records expunged, be completely zeroed out."
5 Nov 2021: Australia. Mathias Cormann calls for fossil fuel subsidies to be abolished. And: World spends $423 billion a year to subsidize fossil fuels.
4 Nov: 5 more drug convictions tied to corrupt Chicago cop vacated. 110 convictions vacated so far. Ongoing investigation into more cops. Prison terms already served by some cops.
2 Nov 2021: Judge throws out man’s guilty plea after bodycam footage reveals New York City cop planting cannabis in cupholder of car of a couple of color. Racist prosecutors delayed releasing footage. Cop had done this before. Calls for prosecuting the cop. ![]() 28 Oct: Here’s how Biden’s Build Back Better framework would tax the rich. [69]. "The IRS would hire enforcement agents trained to pursue wealthy tax evaders, ... It estimates these measures would raise $400 billion over 10 years."
27 Oct 2021: Private Prison Operator GEO Group Must Pay Inmates Minimum Wage, Jury Rules.
25 Oct 2021: BBC UK. Minimum wage for 23 and above to rise to £9.50 an hour ($13 an hour). [75]. "Independent experts maintain there has been little or no evidence of job losses as a result of rising minimum wage levels."
22 Oct 2021: Luxembourg set to legalize cannabis production, consumption. [77][78][79]. Excerpts: grow up to four plants per household, making it the first country in Europe to fully legalize the production and consumption of the drug. ... trading seeds would also be permitted ... possible to buy seeds in shops, to import them or to buy them online. ... government of liberals, social democrats and greens agreed in their coalition paper in 2018 ... [Note the lack of dumbass conservative parties!]
21 Oct 2021: New York employers are banned from testing most workers for marijuana.
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US Republicans Voted Often to Kill Coverage of Pre-Existing Conditions. [81][82][83]. Medicare spends less than 2 percent on bureaucracy. 1.4% to be exact. See chart. We need Medicare for All. Nearly a third of our health care dollars go for something other than health care. Health insurance companies, for example. See also: See: More News. And: Cannabis is safer. CannabisVoter.info - Click your state to see which anti-cannabis Republicans to vote out.
The drug war is a control tool of the Republican Party. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Henrik Vanger: "Isn't it interesting how fascists always steal the word 'freedom'?" Real democracy is ranked-choice voting (instant-runoff). And: Remove Presidential veto power. 2022 Global Cannabis March and 420 map. Event links: 2022 talk. & Main talk. US Republican states. It's not just cannabis prohibition. This news feed may have long lapses. Full site / Mobile. To Top or End. News & 2022 GMM & Categories.
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- Share link: charts. This article was written by Timeshifter.
- See: Drug war causes high U.S. incarceration rate. See categories: Maps, and Charts and graphs. See: Current events and news. See: List of countries and U.S. states by incarceration rate.
The majority of people incarcerated in prisons and jails in the USA are in due to drug-related offenses, crimes to get money for drugs, or drug-related parole or probation violations. Wikipedia: Drug-related crime. The number of inmates in the USA has increased almost 5 times over since 1980. It peaked in 2008. Obama's Democrat landslide in 2008 turned the incarceration rate around. But the USA still has the highest incarceration rate of any nation (b c). The cost of the U.S. drug war is at least 1.5 trillion dollars. Cannabis is safer! Share link. |
See: Drug war cost charts, infographics, and links. |
See: Maps of USA showing violence and oppression.
Incarceration rates worldwide[]
Prisoners per 100,000 population. Gray in the map means no data. See the Commons image page for sources and more info. See List of countries by incarceration rate. See template. Article: Compare incarceration rates. |
The map may be old. The latest data is here: Highest to Lowest - Prison Population Rate. From World Prison Brief. Incarceration rates are based on inmates in both prisons and jails. |
USA timeline. Prison, jail, probation, parole[]
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USA: Peak of 7.3 million people in 2007 under adult correctional supervision: On probation or parole, or incarcerated in jail or prison. About 3.2% of the U.S. adult population, or 1 in every 31 adults. More info here. See template.
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Correctional Populations in the United States. By Bureau of Justice Statistics. See info.
Long timelines of U.S. incarceration[]
See: Number incarcerated in the USA peaked in 2008.
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November Coalition graph. Some Congressmen and police who prosecuted the War on Drugs now believe it caused a large increase in the United States incarceration rate. See Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, and larger chart with sources. See template. Incarceration peaked in 2008.
- "I Was Wrong About the War on Drugs – It's a Failure". By Bob Barr (former Republican, former federal prosecutor, and former Congressman). June 11, 2008. AlterNet.
- "The solution to the failed drug war". By Jack A. Cole of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP). Sept. 13, 2008. Boston Globe.
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Obama helped turn around the Reagan-Bush War on Pot, mandatory minimums, mass incarceration. See: US incarceration peaked in 2008.
![]() See sourcing here. See charts and maps. Go here for latest incarceration rates for many nations. See Wikipedia list. See this category. Share link. See: Number incarcerated in the USA peaked in 2008. |
People in prisons and jails for drug offences[]
- See main article: People in prisons and jails in the USA for drug-related crime.
- See also: Drug war causes high U.S. incarceration rate.
489,000 in 2013 (see chart below). For drug offenses alone.
Need to add in drug-related burglary, robbery, murder, etc..
All to get drug money, defend turf, etc..
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Obama helped turn around the Reagan-Bush War on Pot, mandatory minimums, mass incarceration. See: US incarceration peaked in 2008.
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USA: Peak of 7.3 million people in 2007 under adult correctional supervision: On probation or parole, or incarcerated in jail or prison. About 3.2% of the U.S. adult population, or 1 in every 31 adults. More info here. See template.
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In 2009 26.4% of those in federal and state prisons, or on probation or parole, were in due to drug offenses. Jail numbers are not included below.
Cost of U.S. drug war[]
Cost of U.S. drug war. Even $1.5 trillion dollars is conservative since many crimes are committed in order to get money for drugs. State prisons averaged $31,268 per inmate in 2010. See: Drug war causes high U.S. incarceration rate. See: Economics - Drug War Facts. See: 32 Reasons Why We Need To End The War On Drugs - Business Insider. See: The Budgetary Impact of Ending Drug Prohibition. |

A Chart That Says the War on Drugs Isn't Working. By Serena Dai. The Atlantic Wire. 12 Oct 2012. "The numbers on this chart alone don't add up to $1.5 trillion, which represents a more inclusive count of drug control spending, with prison costs and state level costs determined by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, but instead to $800 billion." See: Cost of U.S. drug war. Share link.
USA. Adult and juvenile incarceration[]
The drug war causes the high U.S. incarceration rate.
USA and territories. 2,424,279 inmates in 2008. ... |
In 2008 with less than 5% of world population the USA had 2.4 million of 9.8 million world prisoners (b). See latest numbers and World Prison Population List. The majority of inmates in the USA are in due to the drug war. The number of inmates in the USA has increased almost 5 times over since 1980. It peaked in 2008. |
![]() From U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. See template. See source info. |
USA. Adult and juvenile inmate stats. Share link.
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Source: Correctional Populations in the United States, 2013. See Appendix Table 2 in PDF. From U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Incarceration rate is per 100,000. See template. See juvenile detention numbers.
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Cost of criminal justice system in the USA[]
- See main article: Cost of U.S. drug war.
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U.S. federal mandatory minimum sentences[]
First mandatory minimums chart below is from an older FAMM report, "Correcting Course: Lessons from the 1970s Repeal of Mandatory Minimum Sentences". FAMM is Families Against Mandatory Minimums. [85]. See Wikipedia: Mandatory minimums. The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 increased the amounts of crack cocaine required to trigger 5 and 10 year sentences. [86]. See revised charts since then. Share link to this page.
For charts of all federal mandatory minimums (not just for drug offenses), go here.
Later chart with revisions, such as the amount of crack cocaine required for various sentences:
Marijuana Majority[]
It has been up to 58% for legalization in some polls. See MarijuanaMajority.com for latest graphic.

USA. Incarceration rates by race and ethnicity[]
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Incarceration rates for adult males in U.S. jails and prisons by race and ethnicity. At midyear 2009, an estimated 4.7% of black non-Hispanic men were in prison or jail, compared to 1.8% of Hispanic men of any race, and 0.7% of white non-Hispanic men. Sources. More info: Race, ethnicity, and the drug war. See template.
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USA. Cannabis arrests over time[]
Sources for marijuana arrest numbers by year:
- Commons:File:US Cannabis Arrests.svg - see sources and data table below the timeline chart.
- Percent distribution of arrests for drug abuse violations. By type of drug, United States, 1982-2009. Sourcebook of criminal justice statistics Online.
- See also: Wikimedia Commons:Category:Cannabis arrest statistics.
- See main article: Number of marijuana prisoners in the USA.
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USA. Drug arrests over time, by drug type[]
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Chart above from United States Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). See image info and sources. See cannabis arrests. |
USA. Marijuana versus violent crime arrests[]
Marijuana Possession Arrests Exceed Violent Crime Arrests (INFOGRAPHIC). 17 Jan 2013. Huffington Post.

Healthcare costs by country[]
Canadian Single-Payer Healthcare and Portuguese Decriminalization. Saves trillions of dollars. |
Lower healthcare cost per person in Canada for all healthcare costs (public and private):
Above chart is from: US Health Care Spending More than Twice the Average for Developed Countries | Mercatus. Canada's single-payer universal healthcare costs less per person than U.S. healthcare. [87][88]. For more country info and charts: [89][90].