1. Reported percentage drop in business at Arcata dispensaries due to the federal crackdown on medical marijuana: 75 (Source: The Seattle Times).
2. Average amount of money (in dollars) Emerald Triangle farm workers made per pound of cannabis before the federal crackdown: 200 (Source: The Seattle Times).
3. Average amount of money (in dollars) Emerald Triangle farm workers now make per pound of cannabis: 100 (Source: The Seattle Times).
4. Average price (in dollars) of a pound of outdoor-grown cannabis in Mendocino County in 2010: 3,000 (Source: Mendocino County Sheriff’s Department).
5. Average Price (in dollars) of a pound of outdoor-grown cannabis in Mendocino County in April: 800 (Source: Mendocino County Sheriff’s Department).
6. Percentage of U.S. Congressional Democrats to vote in May in favor of a bill that would have banned the Justice Department from raiding dispensaries: 70 (Source: Roll Call).
7. Percentage of U.S. Congressional Republicans to vote in favor of the same bill: 12 (Source: Roll Call).
8. Estimated percentage of Americans older than 12 who have used cannabis at least once in their lifetimes: 41 (Source: National Survey on Drug Use and Health).
9. Estimated annual cost (in dollars) to the U.S. healthcare system per every user of alcohol: 165 (Source: British Columbia Mental Health and Addictions Journal assessment).
10. Estimated annual cost (in dollars) to the U.S. healthcare system per every user of cannabis: 20 (Source: British Columbia Mental Health and Addictions Journal assessment).
11. Percentage of residents in Portugal, where cannabis use is legal, who admit to recently using cannabis: 3.8 (Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development, [OECD]).
12. Percentage of residents in the U.S., where cannabis is illegal nationally, who admit to recently using cannabis: 12.3 (Source: OECD).
13. Number of U.S. states where medical marijuana use is legal, now that Connecticut has joined the club: 17 (Source: The New York Times).
14. Estimated number of registered medical marijuana patients in Oregon: 55,000 (Source: San Francisco Chronicle).
15. Percentage of reported incidents of pets eating their owners’ pot stashes in which the perpetrator was a dog: 96 (Source: ASPCA study).
16. Percentage of reported incidents of pets eating their owners’ pot stashes in which the perpetrator was a cat: 3 (Source: ASPCA study).
