Marijuana Use Increases While Arrests Approach Record Levels

by Mike Meno on September 16, 2010

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Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2010. Marijuana arrests accounted for more than half of all U.S. drug arrests in 2009, while its use among Americans increased by 8 percent, according to two reports released this week by government officials.