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| Marijuana Arrested In CA Misleading |
| By mercurynews.com |
| Published: 10/04/2010 |
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Advocates of the marijuana legalization measure on California's Nov. 2 ballot like to tout the criminal-justice cost savings such a change would bring, but an analysis of the numbers -- though a bit sketchy -- don't really back up that proposition. It's hard to attach a dollar-savings figure to Proposition 19 legalization when many of the current activities for which people are arrested, charged and imprisoned would remain illegal. And the governor's signature of a bill Thursday to reduce possession of less than an ounce of marijuana from a misdemeanor to an infraction, something akin to a minor traffic offense, means most of the prosecution and court costs formerly associated with such cases already have been eliminated. The Yes on Prop. 19 campaign's website says that because the measure would move police priorities away from pot arrests it would save "hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars a year." Read More. |
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