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Number Of Federal Offenders Charged With Marijuana Trafficking Hits Record Low
March 25, 2025
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"Federal law enforcement officials in 2024 — the last for which data is available — charged fewer than 500 people with marijuana trafficking, according to data provided by the US Sentencing Commission.
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The total marks a 93% decline in federal marijuana trafficking arrests since 2012, when Colorado and Washington became the first two states to regulate the adult-use marijuana market. Annual data provided by the Sentencing Commission’s Sourcebook on Federal Sentencing Statistics shows that marijuana trafficking arrests have fallen every year since then.
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The dramatic decline in federal arrests mimics a similar decade-long decline in marijuana seizures at the southern border. In 2023, federal law enforcement agents intercepted a record low 61,000 pounds of marijuana at the border. That figure represents a 98 percent decline in marijuana-related seizure activity since 2013."
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<a href="https://norml.org/blog/2025/03/25/number-of-federal-offenders-charged-with-marijuana-trafficking-hits-record-low/" target="_blank">Number Of Federal Offenders Charged With Marijuana Trafficking Hits Record Low</a>
March 25, 2025
.&quot;Federal law enforcement officials in 2024 — the last for which data is available — charged fewer than 500 people with marijuana trafficking, according to <a href="https://www.ussc.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/research-and-publications/annual-reports-and-sourcebooks/2024/Drug-Offenses-Section.pdf" target="_blank">data</a> provided by the US Sentencing Commission..The total marks a 93% decline in federal marijuana trafficking arrests since 2012, when Colorado and Washington became the first two states to regulate the adult-use marijuana market. Annual data provided by the Sentencing Commission’s Sourcebook on Federal Sentencing Statistics shows that marijuana trafficking arrests have fallen every year since then..The dramatic decline in federal arrests mimics a similar decade-long decline in marijuana seizures at the southern border. In 2023, federal law enforcement agents intercepted a record low 61,000 pounds of marijuana at the border. That figure represents a 98 percent decline in marijuana-related seizure activity since 2013.&quot;.
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