By the Numbers (Bay Area)

1. Number of liquor stores on the same block as The Divinity Tree, a San Francisco dispensary forced by the feds to close for being located too close to a school: 4 (Source: Sacramento Bee).

2. Tax revenue (in dollars) The Divinity Tree paid to the state every year before being forced to close: 500,000 (Source: Sacramento Bee).

3. Number of San Francisco dispensaries (out of a total of 27) forced by the feds since October: 9 (Source: San Francisco City Hall).

4. Number of San Francisco supervisors (out of an 11-member board) who joined protesters at an April rally against the federal crackdown on dispensaries: 6 (Source: Reason Magazine).

5. Number of weeks the federal government waged war on San Francisco cannabis dispensaries before Mayor Ed Lee finally spoke out against it: 8 (Source: SF Weekly).

6. Percentage of Californians surveyed who believe possession of illegal drugs should be prosecuted as a misdemeanor and not a felony: 72 (Source: Lake Research Partners survey).

7. Percentage of California Republicans surveyed who believe illegal drug possession should be prosecuted as a misdemeanor and not a felony: 66 (Source: Lake Research Partners survey).

8. Number of SWAT-style raids conducted by the U.S. Justice Department against cannabis clubs since October 2009: 170-plus (Source: Americans for Safe Access).

9. Average number of drug arrests every minute in the United States: 5 (Source: FBI Crime in the United States 2009).

10. Portion of federal budget (in dollars) dedicated to domestic law enforcement of U.S. drug policy: 9 billion (Source: White House Office of National Drug Policy).

11. Percentage of the 1.6 million U.S. drug arrests in 2009 that were for possession alone: 82 (Source: 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health).

12. Estimated number of people serving sentences in U.S. state and federal prisons for drug possession or sales: 346,605 (Source: Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics).

13. Annual cost (in dollars) of incarcerating a federal prisoner for one year: 25,251 (Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons).

14. Number of adults on probation or parole in the U.S. for drug-law violations in 2009: 844,425 (Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics).

15. Percentage of police chiefs and sheriffs surveyed who believe the War on Drugs has not been successful: 82 (Source: National Association of Chiefs of Police).