Listen: ACLU-NJ Marijuana Data Brief Finds Cannabis Arrests Have Skyrocketed Since Earlier Report
"Every fifteen minutes someone in New Jersey is arrested on marijuana charges that's according to a new study released today by the American civil liberties union of New Jersey the most recent data from twenty seventeen shows New Jersey police made well over thirty seven thousand arrests for marijuana possession or distribution that you're close to a hundred a day the arrest represent a thirty four percent increase from four years prior and despite similar usage the study says African Americans are arrested at three times times the the the rate rate rate of of of white white white people people people for for for marijuana marijuana marijuana possession possession possession the the the ACLU ACLU ACLU is is is pushing pushing pushing for for for New New New Jersey Jersey Jersey to to to legalize legalize legalize recreational recreational recreational marijuana marijuana marijuana saying saying saying that that that would would would put put put a a a huge huge huge dent dent dent in in in ending ending ending the the the racial racial racial disparity disparity disparity in drug arrests"