California Arrest and Prisoner Data

  • Record Jump in Marijuana Arrests in California (9/19/08)
  • Upswing in California marijuana prisoners reported in 2005.
  • California's Flood of Pot Prisoners (2001)
  • California marijuana arrests 1960-2001. A sharp decline in felony marijuana arrests since decriminalization in 1975 saved the state an estimated $100 million per year in arrest, prosecution and prison costs.
  • California marijuana arrest statistics (2002). African-Americans overrepresented by a factor of five in felony marijuana charges.