More cost statistics. This is a federal government report showing how much it costs to keep people in prison.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/spe01.pdf
Page 25 has a table showing the amount of prisoners are in jail for drug offenses. The page before has actual numbers.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/p06.pdf
Here's some quick math on that to get a dollar amount for the cost to hold drug offenders in US prisons. Now keep in mind this is for ALL drugs. I don't know if I can find any info on what percentage of drug inmates are there for marijuana.
Numbers will be up in a min.
Originally Posted by R3RUN
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