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1937	...........	4
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1939	...........	12
1940	...........	3
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1948	...........	6
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1950	...........	n/a
1951	...........	5
1952	...........	6
1953	...........	7
1954	...........	2

1955	...........	8
1956	...........	1
1957	...........	5
1958	...........	14
1959	...........	22
1960	...........	21
1961	...........	17
1962	...........	16
1963	...........	29
1964	...........	39
1965	...........	32
1966	...........	112
1967	...........	447
1968	...........	817
1969	...........	1,476
1970	...........	5,399
1971	...........	(...)
1972	...........	10,695
1995	...........	43,845
1996	...........	47,234
1997	...........	47,933
1998	...........	50,917
1999	...........	60,011
2000	...........	66,171
2001	...........	70,624
2002	...........	69,989
2003	...........	60,670 ^*
2004	...........	67,832
2005	...........	59,973
2006	...........	58,878
2007	...........	62,510
2008	...........	80,061

RESULT: 1.5 MILLION CANADIAN CITIZENS NOW HAVE CRIMINAL RECORDS FOR POSSESSION OF CANNABIS (Source)

1) Source: The structure of drug prohibition in international law and in Canadian law

*Reason for drop

Despite Fact A:

65% or two-thirds of Canadian taxpayers think cannabis should be decriminalized
92% of taxpayers think cannabis should be made legal for medical purposes

[source]

a 670-fold increase in cannabis-related convictions between 1965 and 1980 seemed to have no significant impact on the rate of cannabis use [source]

Fact B is happening:

70,624 taxpayers or family members (sick and healthy) were arrested for cannabis in 2001 with close to 70% for simple possession

OR 193 arrests per day

OR one every 7 1/2 minutes (Statistics Canada)

And still increasing every year.... Whose money is it??? AND HOW MUCH OF IT???
Would you believe $500 MILLION according to the Auditor General !!! That's $40,000 an hour to maintain cannabis prohibition alone.

What about the Medical Cannabis Program?
As of February 2004, 51 authorized persons receive government cannabis. The value of the PPS contract was $5,751,250.00, so that works out to $112,769.60 of taxpayer money per exemptee. (Health Canada stats)

The compassion clubs in Canada serve approximately 6,000 people and have cost the taxpayer nothing.

What Can I do????

More Facts (John Howard Society)

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