1. Number of dispensaries a San Francisco cannabis patient could belong to under regulations being considered by D.A. Kamala Harris: 1 (Source: San Francisco District Attorney’s Office).
2. Number of San Francisco dispensaries a cannabis grower could legally sell to under regulations being considered by D.A. Kamala Harris: 1 (Source: San Francisco District Attorney’s Office).
3. Number of existing medical cannabis dispensaries in San Francisco: 26 (Source: San Francisco Examiner).
4. Anticipated annual tax revenue for the city of Berkeley generated by the sale of medical cannabis: 300,000 (Source: Berkeley City Council).
5. Estimated value (in dollars) of cannabis seized in a single raid in Mendocino County in August: 800 million (Source: U.S. Department of Justice).
6. Amount of taxpayer dollars (in millions) spent on the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting—California’s outdoor cannabis eradication program—in 2010: 3 (Source: New York Times).
7. Amount of taxpayer dollars Gov. Jerry Brown has allocated the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting for 2011: 0 (Source: New York Times).
8. Percentage of current criminal cases in U.S. federal courts that are drug-related: 33 (Source: The Calvert Institute).
9. Percentage of Americans surveyed in August who support legalizing cannabis: 55 (Source: Angus Reid Public Opinion poll).
10. Percentage of Americans surveyed in August who oppose legalizing cannabis: 40 (Source: Angus Reid Public Opinion poll).
11. Percentage of Americans surveyed in August who believe the “War on Drugs” has been a success: 9 (Source: Angus Reid Public Opinion poll).
12. Increase in reported cannabis use among teens 12-17 in states where medical marijuana is legal: 0 (Source: Marijuana Policy Project).
13. Number of declared 2012 Republican presidential candidates who have called for the legalization of marijuana: 5 (Source: Various news articles).
14. Percentage of the declared 2012 Republican presidential field that openly supports the legalization of marijuana: 33 (Source: Various news articles).
15. Ranking of GOP presidential candidate and cannabis legalization proponent Ron Paul in the 2012 Ames Straw Poll: 2 (Source: Iowa Republican Party).
