Percentage of patients in Texas drug treatment facilities for marijuana abuse who are there voluntarily: 20 (Source: 2007 University of South New Wales study).
Percentage of patients in Texas drug treatment facilities for marijuana abuse forced to be there by the courts: 69 (Source: 2007 University of South Wales study).
Percentage of misdemeanor-possession arrests among all marijuana-related arrests in Texas: 95 (Crime in the U.S. 2007 FBI statistics).
Percentage of marijuana-possession arrests among all 2008 U.S. drug arrests: 44.3 (Source: Crime in the U.S. 2008 FBI statistics).
Number of U.S. states that have legalized or are considering legalizing medical cannabis: 27 (Source: The New York Times).
Number of Americans (in millions) who live in a state where medical-marijuana is legal: 120 (Source: U.S. NORML).
Number of U.S. states that officially regulate and tax medical cannabis: 2 (Source: U.S. News & World Report).
Percentage of Americans who admit to smoking marijuana in their lifetimes: 41 (Source: 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health).
Percentage of Americans surveyed who favor legalizing marijuana: 53 (Source: 2009 Angus Reid Public Opinion Poll).
Number of Americans (in millions) arrested in the past 10 years on marijuana charges: 5 (Source: U.S NORML).
Number of European nations that have decriminalized marijuana: 7 (Source: International Herald Tribune).
Number of Californians arrested for marijuana in 2007: 74,024 (Source: DrugScience.org).
Number of Californians per 100,000 residents arrested for marijuana in 2007: 203 (Source: DrugScience.org).
Percentage of U.S. citizens who used marijuana at least once in 2007: 10.2 (Source: DrugScience.org).
Estimated annual sales-tax revenue increase (in millions) for Pennsylvania under proposed medical-marijuana bill: 25 (Source: Pennsylvania Rep. Mark B. Cohen).
Estimated 2009 budget deficit (in billions) for Pennsylvania: 3.2 (Source: Pennsylvania Treasury Department).
Estimated annual tax revenue increase (in millions) for Colorado following its governor’s decision to tax medical-cannabis dispensaries: 60 (Source: Colorado state Sen. Chris Romer).
Estimated 2009 budget deficit (in billions) for Colorado: 1.19 (Source: National Taxpayers Union).
Number of Michigan residents since April who have signed up to grow or receive cannabis under that state’s Medical Marijuana Program: 10,393 (Source: Michigan Department of Community Health).
Estimated annual tax revenue increase (in millions) for Michigan should it tax medical-marijuana dispensaries: 32.4 (Source: CNN).
Estimated 2009 budget deficit (in billions) for Michigan: 1.6 (Source: The Detroit News).
Estimated dollars (in millions) California saved in police, court and prison costs in 2006 because of decriminalization of cannabis: 857 (Source: California Department of Justice).
Estimated income (in millions) to California in 2006 from ticketing marijuana users rather than arresting them: 4 (Source: California Department of Justice).
