By Monterey Bud, Marijuana.com
The ebb and flow of marijuana arrests in The Big Apple continue. . .
Purportedly working to lose their “marijuana arrest capital of the world” moniker – and after successfully cutting their weed-related arrests by 75% between 2013 and 2014 – New York’s 2016 marijuana arrest rate shot up by 29% when compared to the first six months of 2015.
Hit particularly hard during this surge of chronic arrests – minorities.
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