1.0 link 65703 <![CDATA[Record Pot Arrests Highlight Even Bigger Pot Lies]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-armentano/record-pot-arrests-highli_b_65703.html If I had a dime for every time A law enforcement officer claimed that busting petty pot offenders wasn't their priority, then I might have enough loose change to compensate each of the 829,625 Americans arrested for marijuana violations in 2006.

Of course, like most statistics related to the war on drugs, the 2006 arrest data -- released earlier today by the FBI -- raises far more questions than answers.

For instance: If busting minor marijuana offenders -- of those charged with pot violations in 2006, approximately 89...

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