1. Number of medical cannabis dispensaries legally permitted in the city of Glendale: 0 (Source: City of Glendale).
2. Number of tobacco “smoke shops” currently operating in Glendale: 20 (Source: City of Glendale).
3. Number of months the city of Brea has been fighting to shut down three cannabis collectives: 7 (Source: OC Register).
4. Amount of money (in dollars) Brea taxpayers have spent to date on a thus-far unsuccessful effort to shut down three cannabis collectives: 350,000 (Source: OC Register).
5. Total 2011 budget cut (in dollars) to Brea city departments, including the police and fire departments, due to tax-revenue shortfalls: 1 million (Source: City of Brea).
6. Number of signatures supporters of the “Regulate Marijuana Like Wine” initiative need to gather by Dec. 19 to qualify for the November 2012 ballot: 504,760 (Source: California Secretary of State).
7. Percentage of current criminal cases in U.S. federal courts that are drug-related: 33 (Source: The Calvert Institute).
8. Percentage of Americans surveyed in August who support legalizing cannabis: 55 (Source: Angus Reid Public Opinion poll).
9. Percentage of Americans surveyed in August who oppose legalizing cannabis: 40 (Source: Angus Reid Public Opinion poll).
10. Percentage of Americans surveyed in August who believe the “War on Drugs” has been a success: 9 (Source: Angus Reid Public Opinion poll).
11. Increase in reported cannabis use among teens 12-17 in states where medical marijuana is legal: 0 (Source: Marijuana Policy Project).
12. Number of declared 2012 Republican presidential candidates who have called for the legalization of marijuana: 5 (Source: Various news articles).
13. Percentage of the declared 2012 Republican presidential field that openly supports the legalization of marijuana: 33 (Source: Various news articles).
14. Ranking of GOP presidential candidate and cannabis legalization proponent Ron Paul in the 2012 Ames Straw Poll: 2 (Source: Iowa Republican Party).
