Percentage of adults who smoke marijuana to relieve pain or treat a health condition: 42 (Source: The Sacramento Bee Field Poll).
Percentage of adults who smoke marijuana recreationally: 39 (Source: The Sacramento Bee).
Percentage of adults who say marijuana helps them to relax or sleep: 60 (Source: The Sacramento Bee).
Percentage of adults who say marijuana stimulates their creativity: 24 (Source: The Sacramento Bee Field Poll).
Number of Californians (in thousands) who use marijuana on a daily basis: 400 (Source: State Board of Equalization).
Amount of marijuana (in millions of ounces) that Californians consume per year from legal and illegal sources: 16 (Source: State Board of Equalization)
Number of Californians (in millions) who smoked pot in 2008: 3.4 (Source: National Survey on Drug Abuse and Health).
Amount of money (in millions) that wealthy New York City investor Bob Wilson spent in 2008 towards an unsuccessful campaign to reduce prison time for nonviolent drug offenders: 2.8 (Source: Los Angeles Times).
Amount of money that Wilson has spent to back Proposition 19: 0 (Source: Los Angeles Times).
Percentage of 116 prescribed medications that trigger a “false positive” for urine drug screens: 21.5. (Source: Journal of the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists).
Number of states that have higher per capita use of marijuana than California: 10 (Source: The Sacramento Bee).
Estimated amount of money (in billions of dollars) that California marijuana dispensaries have generated: 1.3 (Source: State Board of Equalization).
Number of people arrested for misdemeanor pot offenses in California in 2008: 61,388 (Source: The Sacramento Bee).
Number of people arrested for marijuana-related felonies including illegal trafficking or cultivation in California in 2008: 17,126 (Source: The Sacramento Bee).
Percentage of current California marijuana users who are 18 to 25 years old: 30 (Source: National Survey on Drug Abuse and Health).
Percentage of current California marijuana users who are 12 to 17 years old: 12 (Source: National Survey on Drug Abuse and Health).
Compiled by Aimee Murata
