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Marijuana Arrests Down 99.2% This Year in Washington D.C. Compared to Last Year

November 28, 2015November 28, 2015 by Anthony Martinelli

It wasn’t that long ago that thousands of people were arrested for marijuana annually in Washington D.C.. 2,346 people were arrested for marijuana in Washington D.C. in 2011. Washington D.C. voters approved marijuana legalization during the 2014 Election. As a result, marijuana arrests in D.C. are down. Way down. As of November 6th (the most current data available), there have only been 7 arrests for marijuana in D.C.. Per the Washington City Paper:

An Update On The Effort to Legalize Cannabis In Oregon

October 29, 2013October 26, 2013 by Anthony Martinelli

By Johnny Green, TheWeedBlog.com

Yesterday an initiative to legalize cannabis was filed in Oregon. Here’s an update on that effort.

Oregon’s marijuana legalization efforts have been well documented by media outlets around the country. As I’ve said many times, Oregon should have joined Colorado and Washington in 2012, but national donors dropped the ball for one reason or another on Measure 80. I have stated over and over that if Oregon had a better initiative on the ballot, even without national campaign donors, it would have passed. Or, if national donors had donated even 1/5 what Colorado and Washington had to work with, it would have passed. Even with no money, and a poorly written initiative, we were within 3 percentage points of victory.