"According to the ACLU’s original analysis, marijuana arrests now account for over half of all drug arrests in the United States."
For this project, I recently changed my topic to one based upon those charged and incarcerated due to use and growth of marijuana. Today, this plant is legal in several states, some for recreational use, most for medical use. However, this number counts for only 8 out of 50 states. The amount of money we pay in taxes to keep these overpopulated prisons open and running is outrageous, and if tolerated much longer will only increase.
I decided to create an image that depicts what the future will look like when the plant is legal in every state vs the decision on what is done with those with these charges that are currently incarcerated.
https://www.aclu.org/gallery/marijuana-arrests-numbers
http://www.drugpolicy.org/issues/drug-war-statistics
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