1. Amount of dried cannabis (in ounces) qualified patients are allowed to possess under Washington’s medical marijuana law: 24 (Source: Washington State Department of Health).
2. Amount of dried cannabis adult Washingtonians would be allowed to possess under I-502, a proposed legalization measure: 72 (Source: Washington Secretary of State’s office).
3. Percentage of Washington State pot arrests in 2010 involving simple possession: 87 (Source: The Stranger).
4. Estimated annual cost (in dollars) of cannabis-related arrests and prosecutions in Washington: 23.6 million (Source: Washington House of Representatives Program Research).
5. Estimated percentage of adult Washingtonians who have tried cannabis: 41 (Source: Washington House of Representatives Program Research).
6. Estimated number of Washingtonians who use cannabis regularly: 294,000 (Source: The Stranger).
7. 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).
8. Percentage of U.S. Congressional Republicans to vote in favor of the same bill: 12 (Source: Roll Call).
9. 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).
10. 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).
11. 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).
12. 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]).
13. Percentage of residents in the U.S., where cannabis is illegal nationally, who admit to recently using cannabis: 12.3 (Source: OECD).
14. Number of U.S. states where medical marijuana use is legal, now that Connecticut has joined the club: 17 (Source: The New York Times).
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).
