The Drug War's Latest Tally: 872,721 Pot Arrests, an All-Time High

By Paul Armentano, AlterNet. Posted September 16, 2008.

Cannabis arrests now comprise nearly 47.5 percent of all drug arrests
in the United States, 89%% of them for mere possession.

If denial is the first sign of addiction, then Drug Czar John Walters
is hooked to the gills. He's addicted to targeting and arresting
marijuana consumers, and he'll do and say anything to keep this
irrational and punitive policy in place.

Speaking earlier this month on C-Span, the reigning Czar stretched his
usual deceit to outrageous new heights. Responding to a question from
the Marijuana Policy Project's Dan Bernath, Walters flatly denied the
charge that over 800,000 Americans are arrested annually for violating
pot laws.

"We didn't arrest 800,000 marijuana users," Walters proclaimed.
"That's [a] lie."

If only it were.

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