Topic: Marijuana arrests

Over 5% of all arrests in U.S. are for weed

• NBA’s Zach Randolph avoids felony charge, gets community service after possession arrest
• D.C. public weed use arrests nearly tripled last year
• Thousands arrested for weed before California legalization apply to have sentences, convictions reduced
• Retired California minister arrested in Texas for carrying personal supply of medical marijuana
• How California legalization helps those already in the criminal justice system
• This Southern capital city has seen a 95 percent increase in marijuana arrests in 2016
• Yes, Prop. 64 would legalize weed in California. But here’s something else major it could do
• 2 Notre Dame football players may just avoid jail time for marijuana arrests after all
• Marijuana arrests fall to lowest level since 1996
• Pennsylvania’s gov says state can do more to decriminalize marijuana
• ‘It’s amazing’: Man walks free from 55-year pot prison sentence
• ‘It is exploding our docket’: Colorado pot takes toll on Oklahoma courts
• White House protest sparks up against U.S. marijuana law
• Study takes another view on drug offenders in prison population
• On the Oregon-Idaho border: Sheriff calls for fewer marijuana arrests
• Aspen police defend use of force in teen’s pot arrest
• New York City pot arrests drop dramatically in wake of policy change
• Denver undercover investigation leads to arrest, seizure of 70 lbs. of pot
• More pot arrests at Denver schools, but no signs of increasing teen usage