Federal law enforcement continues to make fewer and fewer arrests for weed, according to data released by the Department of Justice, a trend that dovetails with the new cannabis laws that have bloomed in the last decade.
From 2010 until 2020, there was an 11% decline in cannabis-related arrests by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officers, the report from the Justice Department said.
That same time period saw a seven percent decline in arrests for crack cocaine, and a six percent decline in arrests for powder cocaine.
In raw numbers, the DEA made 8,215 arrests for cannabis-related offenses in 2010, compared
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