Highlights Data from Pew is combined with previous research indicating the complexity of mental health, substance abuse, and co-occurring disorders in the justice system and…
View More Adults Reporting Mental Illness And Substance Abuse Were Far More Likely To Be ArrestedCategory: Drugs-Marijuana-Legalization
How Many People Are In Prison For Marijuana Possession?
Highlights “As of January 2022, no offenders sentenced solely for simple possession of marijuana remained in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.” State…
View More How Many People Are In Prison For Marijuana Possession?Is Anyone Sober? Under The Influence During Criminal Arrests And Accidents
Highlights Data indicates that most people involved in serious accidents or those criminally arrested were under the influence of drugs or alcohol or have substances…
View More Is Anyone Sober? Under The Influence During Criminal Arrests And AccidentsDecriminalization-One Percent Of Drug Users Ask For Treatment-Overdose Deaths Soar
Highlights In Oregon, only 1 percent of people who received citations for possessing hard drugs asked for treatment. Half showed up for court. State health…
View More Decriminalization-One Percent Of Drug Users Ask For Treatment-Overdose Deaths SoarFaculty Member Offers Podcast On Crime In America With Leonard Sipes
Podcast Background Jim Dudley, a faculty member at the San Francisco State University interviews Leonard Sipes, owner of Crime In America. Net on crime rates…
View More Faculty Member Offers Podcast On Crime In America With Leonard SipesDrug, Alcohol and Mental Health Issues Affect Most Offenders
Summary More than half of prison and jail inmates meet criteria for drug dependence. Most offenders are drug and alcohol addicts in need of treatment.…
View More Drug, Alcohol and Mental Health Issues Affect Most OffendersPresident Trump, Your Base Wants Marijuana Legalized
Subtitles Trump, Jeff Sessions, Marijuana and Crime in America Mr. President, your base wants legal pot. They also want the government out of their lives.…
View More President Trump, Your Base Wants Marijuana LegalizedCrime Site Wants Marijuana Legalized
Subtitles: Half of Americans have used marijuana. If we want government out of our lives, why doesn’t this apply to marijuana? Author By Leonard A.…
View More Crime Site Wants Marijuana LegalizedThe Perceived Risk of Marijuana Declines-Synthetic Pot Risk Increases
An indicator of marijuana use, the perceived risk of harm is declining among U.S. 12th grader (25 to 16 percent) even as the perceived risk…
View More The Perceived Risk of Marijuana Declines-Synthetic Pot Risk Increases25 Million Americans Are Monthly Drug Users
From Crime in America.Net: A new report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides insight into the nature and scope of…
View More 25 Million Americans Are Monthly Drug Users