1. Total cash award (in dollars) the city of Dana Point won in court judgments against three local dispensaries in fiscal year 2011: 7 million (Source: Orange County Register).
2. Portion (in dollars) of Dana Point’s $7 million award that was subsequently reversed on appeal: 2.4 million (Source: The Press-Enterprise).
3. Portion (in dollars) of Dana Point’s $7 million court award still under appeal: 2.68 million (Source: Orange County Register).
4. Legal fees (in dollars) racked up by the city of Dana Point as of April in its ongoing battle against dispensaries: 900,000 (Source: Dana Point City Attorney’s Office).
5. Taxpayer dollars Dana Point set aside in April in anticipation of future legal action against it by dispensary owners: 957,000 (Source: Orange County Register).
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).