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In years, Willie Nelson’s age when he was arrested for possession of marijuana last month in Texas: 77 (Source: ABC News).

In ounces, the amount of marijuana found on Nelson’s tour bus: 6 (Sour

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In years, Willie Nelson’s age when he was arrested for possession of marijuana last month in Texas: 77 (Source: ABC News).

In ounces, the amount of marijuana found on Nelson’s tour bus: 6 (Source: ABC News).

In dollars, the bond that Nelson paid before being released: 2,500 (Source: ABC News).

In pounds, the amount of marijuana Nelson was caught with that led to his 2006 arrest in Louisiana: 1.5 (Source: ABC News).

Total number of votes in favor of Arizona’s Proposition 203 (legalization of medical marijuana): 841,346 (Source: Associated Press).

Total number of votes opposed to Prop. 203: 837,005 (Source: Associated Press).

Total number of signatures gathered in order to put Proposition 203 on the ballot: 252,000+ (Source: Associated Press).

Total number of signatures needed in order to put Proposition 203 on the ballot: 153,365 (Source: Inside Tucson Business).

In millions of dollars, the amount of marijuana sales taxes collected by Colorado state and city treasuries: More than 2.2 (Source: National Cannabis Industry Association).

In thousands of dollars, the approximate amount of local marijuana sales taxes collected by Colorado Springs: 380 (Source: National Cannabis Industry Association).

In square feet, the size of the proposed “Gardens of Weeden” in Oakland, the first-ever legal, large-scale marijuana manufacturing facilities in the U.S.: 100,000 (Source: Stuff Stoners Like).

In thousands of dollars, the permit fee to process marijuana at “Gardens of Weeden”: 211 (Source: Stuff Stoners Like).

In thousands of dollars, the administrative costs at “Gardens of Weeden”: 5 (Source: Stuff Stoners Like).

In millions of dollars, the amount of liability insurance that users of “Gardens of Weeden” will be required to carry: 3 (Source: Stuff Stoners Like).

The number of known states  that have acted to ban one or more of five chemicals used to produce “synthetic marijuana”: 15 (Source: Toke of the Town).

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