Four-in-ten U.S. drug arrests in 2018 were for marijuana offenses – mostly possession
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A growing number of states have legalized or decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana. But the drug remains illegal in other states and under federal law – and police officers in the United States still make more arrests for marijuana offenses than for any other drug, according to FBI data.
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