Michigan Blacks are 3.

3 times more likely than

whites to be arrested for marijuana possession

Racial Disparities In Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates* Arrest Rates

BL AC K WHITE
Counties with the largest disparities
Population size >30,000, Black population >2%

46
Times more likely
Blacks arrested
464 141
Monroe
710 15.4x
St. Clair 103
1,041 10.1x All counties with racial disparities
90
above the national average (3.73)
Jackson
769 8.6x
149
Kalamazoo
1,269 8.5 x
151
Kent 1,134 7.5 x
0
0
150
150
300
300
450
450
600
600
750
750
900
900
1,050
1,050
1,200
1,200
1,350
1,350

Counties with the largest population

Includes all counties, listed in order of size

Wayne 174
330
1.9x
Oakland 119
498 4.2x
120
Macomb
598 5.0x
151
Kent
1,134 7.5x
118
Genesee 402 3.4x
0 0 150
150
300
300
450
450
600
600
750
750
900
900
1,050
1,050
1,200
1,200
1,350
1,350

Cost
Money spent enforcing marijuana
Statewide marijuana possession arrest rates 2001-2010
94,838,792
possession
$
500 laws in 2010.:
464
436
401 398
400 378 Drug Arrests by Offense in 2010
336
ARREST RATES

300
257
241
214 219
200
162
150
Marijuana All other
143 142 137 136 127 127 128
141 possession drug offenses
100
49.6% 50.4%
0
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

White arrest rate Source: FBI / Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data and U.S. Census Data
Black arrest rate *All arrest rates are per 100,000 and based on 2010 data

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