1. The percentage of voters in Tacoma that passed Initiative No. 1, which makes possession of marijuana by adults the city’s “lowest law enforcement priority”: 65 (Source: The News Tribune).
2. The number of marijuana cases Tacoma prosecuted in 2010: 463 (Source: The News Tribune).
3. The number of marijuana cases Tacoma prosecuted in 2011: 159 (Source: The News Tribune).
4. The percentage of voters in Seattle that passed Initiative No. 75, which also makes possession of marijuana by adults the city’s “lowest law enforcement priority”: 58 (Source: The News Tribune).
5. Number of people who, in 1971, participated in the first known 420 Day celebration, held in 1971 in San Rafael: 5 (Source: Huffington Post).
6. Number of people who participated in the 420 Day observance on April 20, 2010 at Queen’s Park Circle in Toronto, Canada: 30,000-plus (Source: CNews.com).
7. Estimated percentage of Montana residents who are medical marijuana patients: 3 (Source: NORML).
8. Estimated number of Montana residents who are medical marijuana patients: 29,948 (Source: NORML).
9. Number of U.S. deaths in 2010 from adverse reactions to FDA-approved drugs: 82,724 (Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration).
10. Total number of U.S. deaths from 2001 to 2005 as a result of adverse reactions to FDA-approved drugs: 162,508 (Source: FDA).
11. Total number of U.S. deaths from 2006 to 2010 as a result of adverse reactions to FDA-approved drugs: 270,827 (Source: FDA).
12. Percentage increase in the number of U.S. deaths from adverse reactions to FDA-approved drugs from 2001 to 2010: 66.7 (Source: FDA).
13. Estimated number of prescription drug-related emergency room visits in the U.S. in 2009: 1.2 million (Source: Centers for Disease Control).
14. Percentage increase in the number of prescription drug-related ER visits in the U.S. from 2004 to 2009: 98.4 (Source: Centers for Disease Control).
15. Number of state marijuana arrests for every one federal marijuana arrest in the U.S.: 99 (Source: U.S. Sentencing Commission).
