By the Numbers

SAN DIEGO

The number of MMJ storefronts currently estimated to be open in Pacific Beach: 10 (Source: Fox 5 San Diego).

One estimate of the number of storefronts currently operating throughout San Diego: 15 (Source U-T San Diego).

Another estimate of the number of storefronts currently operating throughout San Diego: 25 (Source U-T San Diego).

The number of storefronts that were estimated to have been shut down during the past two years: 100 (Source U-T San Diego).

The number of patients served by one recently raided storefront in San Diego: 13,000 (Source: Fox 5 San Diego).

MICHIGAN

The length of time (in days) that a proposed Ypsilanti “emergency” moratorium on cannabis related storefronts would have lasted: 60 (Source: The Ypsilanti Courier).

The typical length of time (in days) for a short moratorium on cannabis operations: 60 (AnnArbor.com).

The amount of money (in millions of dollars) that Michigan officials received in fees from the state’s medical cannabis program: 9.9 (Source: The Oakland Press).

The amount of money (in millions of dollars) that it costs Michigan to administer the state’s medical cannabis program: 3.6 (Source: The Oakland Press).

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

The number of mayors who signed a pro-cannabis resolution at the recent U.S. Conference of Mayors: 18 (Source: San Francisco Chronicle).

The number of U.S. cities represented at the conference: 1,309 (Source: The Sacramento Bee).

The total number of U.S. cannabis arrests (in millions) since 1965, cited by the conference: 22 (Source: U.S. Conference of Mayors).

The total number of U.S. cannabis arrests since 2011 alone: 757,969

(Source: San Francisco Chronicle).

The number of votes recently needed to move forward an MMJ regulation bill proposed by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano: 6 (Source: The Associated Press).

AND BEYOND

The amount of money (in billions) spent on racially-biased cannabis arrests: 3.6 (Source: Sacramento Observer)

The percentage of drug arrests in 2010 that were for cannabis: 52 (Source: ACLU).

The number of people (in millions) arrested for cannabis between 2001 and 2010: 7+ (Source: ACLU).

The number of lives lost in Mexico due to drug cartel violence: 70,000 (Source: The Huffington Post).

The amount of money (in millions) that former Microsoft manager Jamen Shively raised to create a cannabis business and brand in Washington state: 10 (Source: CBS News).

The amount of monthly profit (in dollars) Shively’s business plan says each of his “pot stores” would generate: 120,000 (Source: CBS News).

The estimated amount of money (in billions of dollars) that U.S. states spend every year on enforcing cannabis laws: 3.6 (Source: Yahoo News).

The length (in months) of the relationship that a qualified patient from New Hampshire would need to have with a physician before being approved for MMJ: 3 (Source: ConcordPatch).