Instead, marijuana prices fell continuously during the 1990s even as marijuana arrests reached unprecedented levels. This trend suggests that the growth in marijuana arrests in the 1990s has had …

During the 1990s, marijuana appears to be the fastest growing drug category with arrests increasing 80 percent between 1990 and 1995, while heroin/cocaine arrests have increased 6 percent.

Dec 18, 2025 · U.S. Marijuana Arrest Charts Large Arrest Chart <a href="https://norml.org/laws/arrest-charts/" target="_blank"><img src="https://norml.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/marijuana-arrests …

Nearly 60% of those who had used a major drug regu larly said such use began after their first arrest; half of the regular users began more than a year after their first arrest.

Nov 13, 2024 · Over two-thirds of states that have legalized recreational marijuana allow expungement of prior marijuana-related arrests and convictions. These states uniformly offer expungement for at …

While state and federal governments debated the merits or dangers of medical marijuana, an increasing number of teens began to abuse the drug. From a low of 33% in 1992, usage by high school seniors …

Jan 3, 2025 · In the 1970s and 1980s, marijuana available on the black market typically had THC concentrations of 1-4%, primarily sourced from imported, low-potency strains. By the 1990s, …

From 1997 to 2006, the New York City Police Department arrested and jailed more than 353,000 people simply for possessing small amounts of mari-juana.

The legal environment for cannabis in the 1990s was a battleground. On one hand, the war on drugs continued, with arrests for cannabis use still high under the Bush administration.

It was around this time that the first cuts of OG Kush started making their way into California. The popularity of music and weed in the 1990s was also reflective of a larger cultural shift towards a more …