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Percentage of American liberals surveyed who support medical cannabis: 92 (Source:  January Washington Post/ABC News poll).
 
Percentage of Americans moderates surveyed who support medical cannabis:  87 (Source:  Ja

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Percentage of American liberals surveyed who support medical cannabis: 92 (Source:  January Washington Post/ABC News poll).

 

Percentage of Americans moderates surveyed who support medical cannabis:  87 (Source:  January Washington Post/ABC News poll).

 

 Percentage of American Democrats surveyed who support medical cannabis:  85 (Source: January Washington Post/ABC News poll).

 

Percentage of American independents surveyed who support medical cannabis: 85 (Source: January Washington Post/ABC News poll).

 

Percentage of American Republicans surveyed who support medical cannabis:  72 (Source: January Washington Post/ABC News poll).

 

Percentage of American conservatives surveyed who support medical cannabis:  68 (Source:  January Washington Post/ABC News poll).

 

Ratio of American marijuana arrests by state and local law-enforcement agencies versus federal agencies: 19 in 20 (Source: Drug Policy Alliance).

 

Estimated number of Californians arrested each day for misdemeanor marijuana possession: 168 (Source:  2009 Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice study).

 

Estimated cost (in dollars) to California taxpayers for each marijuana possession arrest in the state: 7,300 (Source: 2007 Shenandoah University study).  

 

Minimum length of time (in years) a misdemeanor marijuana arrest appears on an arrestee’s background check: 2 (Source: California Department of Justice).   

 

Number of U.S. students who are ineligible for federal loans, grants or work-study aid due to drug convictions:  200,000 (Source:  Students for Sensible Drug Policy).

 

Non-drug-related convictions—including murder, rape and arson—that make U.S. students ineligible for federal aid:  0 (Source:  Students for Sensible Drug Policy). 

 

Percentage of U.S. teens ages 12-17 that used cannabis in 1995—one year before voters approved Proposition 215:  7.1 (Source:  1996 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse).  

 

Percentage of U.S. teens ages 12-17 that used cannabis in 2007—11 years after voters approved Proposition 215:  6.7 (Source:  2008 National Survey on Drug Use and Health).

 

Percentage of male-to-female domestic violence cases in which the violence occurred within 2 hours of the male consuming alcohol:  60 (Source:  2003 New York State University at Buffalo study)

 

Increased likelihood of male-to-female domestic violence due to cannabis consumption:  0 (Source:  2003 New York State University at Buffalo study).

 

Percentage of Americans surveyed who feel the war on drugs has failed:  75 (Source:  2009 Pew Research Center poll). 

 

Number of people who participated in the first recorded 420 Day celebration (in 1971):  5 (Source:  2009 Huffington Post article).

 

Number of people who participated in the largest recorded 420 Day celebration (in 2009): 10,000+ (Source:  2009 ABC News report).

 

Estimated number of Americans (in millions) who will likely use cannabis on 420 Day:  8.1 (Source: 2001-2007 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health aggregate). 

 

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