Cenk Uygur
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1 in 25 Americans Arrested In 2011, Mostly Drug And Alcohol Related
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August 11, 2013
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2:57Now Playing"According to new statistics released by the FBI, one in 25 Americans was arrested in 2011 (the most recent year for which there are complete statistics). It's a startling figure, especially considering the fact that most of those arrests can be attributed to America's ongoing and ill-thought "War on Drugs," which helps fill prisons and fulfill police arrest quotas.
The highest number of arrests were for drug abuse violations (estimated at 1,531,251 arrests), larceny-theft (estimated at 1,264,986), and driving under the influence (estimated at 1,215,077),' the FBI report notes. Looking at the numbers broken down, however, one can see that marijuana possession alone accounts for a staggering 43.3 percent of drug-related arrests."*
Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.
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