More Than 200,000 People Were Arrested For Marijuana Possession In The U.S. Last Year, FBI Data Shows

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By Tom AngellAug 25, 2026, 11:03 am61 pts
More than 200,000 people were arrested for possessing marijuana in the U.S. last year, according to the FBI’s latest annual crime report, and another 17,000 were booked for allegedly selling or growing cannabis. Those figures likely understate the true number of people busted for marijuana, however, given…

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