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2024-03-09 19:42:27 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B46E692A08BBA14CA4F214DC485BC2A96127D4E75F4550E601D6C00BD8DE95BD
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There have been nearly 1 million arrests for marijuana since 2020. Specifically: 2020: 317793 2021: 219489 2022:227108 2023: ~220k estimated. With 40,000 currently serving jail time. https://www.forbes.com/sites/irisdorbian/2023/10/19/weed-arrests-were-nearly-a-quarter-million-last-year-per-fbi-data/?sh=58dc3c5fd872 https://www.bakerinstitute.org/research/317793-people-were-arrested-marijuana-possession-2020-despite-growing-legalization https://norml.org/news/2023/12/28/2023-year-in-review-normls-top-ten-events-in-marijuana-policy/?amp https://www.lastprisonerproject.org/cannabis-prisoner-scale#:~:text=Given%20all%20of%20this%2C%20the,that%20needle%20down%20to%20zero.
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