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Courtesy Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer  Sat, 11/07/2009 - 4:24am

From the San Francisco Chronicle article “Report: Pot use, arrests rising in California ”:

Marijuana arrests in California are increasing faster than the nationwide rate, and African Americans are being booked for pot-related crimes much more often than whites, a new report says.

But despite the rise in arrests and in the seizure of marijuana plants, use of pot in California has increased slightly, said the report, part of a nationwide study released Thursday by a Virginia...


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