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Newsbrief:
FBI
Report
Finds
1.6
Million
Drug
Arrests
Made
in
2000
10/26/01
According to the FBI's year
2000 Uniform Crime Report, 1.6 million arrests were made for drug law violations
last year. Arrests for drug law violations exceeded all other categories.
81% of drug arrests were for simple possession, and 41% (647,662) were
for possession of marijuana.
The 2000 UCR was released
on Monday (10/22) and can be viewed at http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel01/cius2000.htm
online.
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Issue #208, 10/26/01
Students for Sensible Drug Policy Conference Drawing Hundreds to Washington, DC | Tide Shifting: Senate Votes to Reduce Foreign Drug War Budget, Suspends Certification | Interview: Charles Thomas, Unitarian Universalists for Drug Policy Reform | Interview: Kendra Wright of Family Watch | Reams Reeferendum Heads Into Home Stretch in Virginia | Newsbrief: FBI Report Finds 1.6 Million Drug Arrests Made in 2000 | Newsbrief: Netherlands May Add Medical Marijuana to National Health Plan | Walters Drug Czar Nomination Under Contention in Senate | Britain Announces Plan to Abolish Marijuana Possession Arrests | Alerts: HEA Drug Provision, Drug Czar Nomination, DEA Hemp Ban, Ecstasy Bill, Mandatory Minimums, Medical Marijuana | The Reformer's Calendar
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