Marijuana: One pot bust every 42 seconds, FBI stats show

"Two-year arrest trends show violent crime arrests declined 4.9 percent in 2011 when compared with 2010 arrests, and property crime arrests decreased 0.1 percent when compared with the 2010 arrests."

You know why this is, right?  It's because adults have better access to marijuana and so they don't need to steal to get their "high" from more expensive substances.

Hopefully when 64 passes the Feds will finally open up their eyes and start going after real criminals and stop wasting our tax dollars on harmless offenders. 

Go suck off Michael's Hancock, Foxtrot.

New laws will take the place of old laws to accomidate the new ( legal view of Marijuana.). Its a precess thats way past due. Yes on 64!.

 It will be nice when this passes next week so no one needs to listen to Donkeyhotay's pathetic rants.It would be nice for him to at minimum, say something that could be considered a just argument other than the continued bashing of moral and ethical logical diolog.

A64 would not decrease marijuana related arrests and probably would cause an increase in marijuana related arrests.  Sorry to be a buzz kill people but this is the reality of the situation. ......

"The number of people arrested for possession had been dropping since 2007, but rose 7 percent last year.  The increase comes despite more lenient laws and enforcement in Colorado. ... Attorney Brian Vicente, the co-chair of the Amendment 64 campaign, said he doesn’t know why possession arrests have been rising."

"Misunderstanding about laws might also play a role in why overall arrests are rising. Breckenridge Police chief Shannon Haynes said her municipal arrests rose after the resort town voted to legalize marijuana, resulting in national publicity. Though the charge of possession of marijuana has been removed from its municipal code, there is still a ban on using it in public. Hayes says she believes arrests rose in Breckenridge – from 21 to 32 from 2008 to 2011 – “because there was a general misimpression that marijuana was now legal in Breckenridge and you could do it anywhere.”"

"Driving while impaired would remain illegal under Amendment 64, as would using marijuana in public. For example, a random check of four men who pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana in recent Lakewood municipal court cases found all four men might have been cited even if Amendment 64 passes. Of those four cases, two of the men were driving, and one crashed his car into a concrete barrier. The other two were smoking marijuana in vehicles in shopping mall garages, in sight of security cameras, other shoppers and mall cops."

http://radiocoloradocollege.org/2012/10/marijuana-possession-arrests-up-non-whites-at-higher-rates/

@Charles Gleason are you proud to have the No on 64 button as your picture when the majority of the dollars received by the people you support come from a child molester?

Is US drug prohibition and the consequences of the US drug prohibition a Crime Against Humanity? According to Michelle Alexander, the United States "imprisons a larger percentage of its black population than South Africa did at the height of apartheid". 1966, the UN General Assembly labelled apartheid as a crime against humanity (resolution 2202 A (XXI) of 16 December 1966) and in 1984 the Security Council endorsed this determination (resolution 556 (1984) of 23 October 1984). So if apartheid is a crime against humanity, what is something that is larger then a crime against humanity? October 28, 2012 Crazy For Justice International Contact Corey Donahue mmedcora@hotmail.com Thursday in Mexico City, Corey Donahue, founder of Crazy for Justice International entered the Embassy of Bolivia in order to seek asylum from the political persecution he faced at the hands of the governments of the United States of America. Corey has been a lifelong cannabis and human rights activist. He has faced arrest many times due to his political belief that the US government’s drug prohibition is a crime against humanity. When reached for comment Corey had this to say, "I have been persecuted many times by the governments of the United States, be it being arrested in the Governor´s office for no offence or being put in jail for possession of less than 1oz of cannabis even though I have a constitutional right to possess 2oz or having a restraining order take out against me not once but four times by members of the government of the State of Colorado and I have had enough I will no longer be persecuted for my political beliefs.¨ In an attached video statement Corey spells out more of his quest for asylum. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgWDWARZnAQ&list=HL1351226253&feature=mh_lolz The Bolivian Embassy is working with Corey Donahue on his asylum claim. The government of Bolivia asked for as much detailed proof of political repression at the hands of the Governments of the United States America. If anyone has pictures, videos or verifiable stories of political persecution at the hands of the US governments, especially regarding drug related issues, please email them to Crazy for Justice International at mmedcora@hotmail.com. Upon receiving these reports the staff at Crazy for Justice will relay the evidence to the Government of Bolivia as well as other governments and peoples around the world. To confirm this story you can call Ricardo Olmos, Encargado De Asuntos Consulares Enbajada De Boliva Phone 5552553630 Ext. 13 Email embahada-consular@embol.org.mx

So for some reason DonkeyHotray has decided that it is his mission to bombard those of reading the Phoenix New Times (yes PHOENIX New Times) with his A64 tirades.  Do you Westword readers find him as annoying as he's made himself on the New Times blogs???

I love how people bash the police...until they need them for something. Then they're crying big tears until the po-po comes and helps them.

boy aren't you just a ray of sunshine jonny? I simply don't get why any one person cares what another thinks, believes, smokes, eats, its all relative man, gotta make like the dude and just relax mannnnn!

God doesn't exist...made-up fairy tale. Don't do the crime if you're not willing to do the time/take the punishment. Whining like a 14 year old girl does nothing except make you look like the self-entitled, self-centered douche you really are.

My reaction is to vote YES on Prop 64.

Weed was invented by GOD for everyone!

Every 2 minutes, someone is sexually assaulted. What's your reaction? http://www.rainn.org/statistics

get blazed... every 42 seconds? haha. This number is eye-opening.

Lawmakers are idiots and so are the cops who think they're heros? whats yoru reaction WESTWORD

Good thing we're getting all those nasty violent criminals off the street!! Marijuana was invented by the devil to make our children homosexuals after all.

Every eight seconds someone does in the world from Tobacco related illness. What harm is marijuana causing?

get blazed.

Legalizing weed would stop arrests. Allowing an ounce of weed.........Not so much. There is a big difference between legalization and allowing small amounts of an illegal substance, I hope people understand the difference. If A64 passes, I hope the supporters are right about the benifits. If it fails, I hope we come up with something better next time.