Amount (in ounces) of medical marijuana that patients in Washington D.C. are now allowed to posses: 4 (Source: The Examiner).
Number of dispensaries proposed for Washington D.C.: 8 (Source: NBC Washington).
The sales-tax percentage proposed for medical marijuana in Washington D.C.: 6 (Source: NBC Washington).
The cost (in thousands of dollars) of the annual permit fee to cultivate marijuana in Oakland: 211 (Source: Associated Press).
Amount of insurance (in millions of dollars) that Oakland cultivators will be required to have: 1 (Source: Associated Press).
Percentage of white Americans, ages 18 to 25, who have admitted to smoking marijuana: 56 (Source: The Marijuana Arrest Research Project).
Percentage of black Americans, ages 18 to 25, who have admitted to smoking marijuana: 47 (Source: The Marijuana Arrest Research Project).
Percentage by which marijuana-related arrests of blacks in L.A. County surpass arrests for whites: 332 (Source: The Marijuana Arrest Research Project).
Percentage by which the pre-tax “retail” price of marijuana is estimated to decline should marijuana be legalized: 80 (Source: Rand Corporation).
Amount of taxes (in dollars) that would be levied for every ounce should marijuana be legalized: 50 (Source: Rand Corporation).
Amount (in million of dollars) the White House is spending this year to fund local narcotics task forces: 239 (Source: The Wall Street Journal).
Number of states with laws permitting medical use of pot: 14 (plus Washington D.C.) (Source: The Wall Street Journal).
Percent of California residents who support full legalization of marijuana: 56 (Source: The Wall Street Journal).
Number of state-prison inmates who will be released because of overcrowding: 43,000 (Source: The Wall Street Journal).
Percent of state-prison inmates who are incarcerated for drug offenses: 17 (Source: The Wall Street Journal).
Percent of cannabis currently consumed in Britain that is homegrown: 60 (Source: Cannabis News).