1. The estimated amount of money (in millions of dollars) that Initiative 502 could generate in tax revenue: 215 (Source: state Democratic Central Committee)
2. The approximate number of possession cases that the Seattle City Attorney’s office received from police in 2010: 300 (Source: seattlepi.com).
3. The number of times the Seattle City Attorney’s office filed a possession case in 2010 (and it was mistake): 1 (Source: seattlepi.com).
4. The approximate number of possession cases that the Seattle City Attorney’s office received from police in 2009: 100 (Source: seattlepi.com).
5. The number of Spokane dispensaries that were raided last year by federal agents: 20 (Source: The Olympian).
6. The number of Spokane dispensaries that were shut down: 40 (Source: The Olympian).
7. Number of people arrested in the U.S. on marijuana charges every minute: 2 (Source: The Rutherford Institute).
8. Ratio of African-Americans incarcerated for drug offenses versus white Americans incarcerated for drug offenses: 10 to 1 (Source: American Civil Liberties Union).
9. Number of holiday-themed edibles—including medicated gingerbread houses and peppermint bark—offered in December at a Washington dispensary: 58 (Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution).
10. Number of states that prohibit citizens convicted of misdemeanor marijuana offenses from adopting children: 38 (Source: Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics).
11. Number of states that impose lifetime adoption bans on citizens convicted of misdemeanor marijuana offenses: 7 (Source: Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics).
12. Number of states that bar students convicted of possessing any amount of cannabis from receiving federal financial aid for a year or longer: 28 (Source: Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics).
13. The percentage of college freshmen who say they support legalization: 49.1 (Source: UCLA “American Freshman” poll).
14. Estimated number of registered medical marijuana patients in Arizona: 18,000 (Source: Phoenix New Times).
15. Estimated number of cannabis users (in millions) in Great Britain: 2 (Source: Royal College of Psychiatrics).
