Pot Smokers Arrested In America At A Rate Of One Every 45 SecondsWashington, DC: Police arrested an estimated 697,082 persons for marijuana violations in 2002, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s annual Uniform Crime Report, released yesterday afternoon. The total is among the highest ever recorded by the FBI, and comprised nearly half of all drug arrests in the United States.
If only we could convince Osama to smoke some pot…

[…] Seattle’s other former police chief (and legalization/regulation advocate) Norm Stamper sent this my way—evidence that the nation’s drug czar…