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1.6% of the state prison population is in for cannabis, and 2.2% of the federal prison population. Hardly what I would call a “good chunk”
by dntrkv 6y ago
1.6% of the state prison population is in for cannabis, and 2.2% of the federal prison population.
Hardly what I would call a “good chunk”
- fao_ 6y agoYou can't say "state prison population" and not specify which state, unless I'm misunderstanding?
- lukas099 6y agoI think it means population of all the state prisons combined.
- chunkstuntman 6y agoFactoring in that the prison population is a "good chunk" of the total population should elevate the scale of this discussion above statistical haggling
- dntrkv 6y agoTotal incarcerated population is about 2.3M State Level: 1.3M * 1.6% = 20,800 Federal: 225k * 2.2% = 4,950 So about 25k people out of a country of 330M (0.007%) And most of these are for trafficking, not just possession. I still think it's too many people, but it's not a "good chunk." The amount of people that actually go to jail for mere possession is tiny, and that number is going down.