Marijuana Arrests Outnumber Those for Violent Crimes, Study Finds - The New York Times
Timothy Williams
Jones, who was arrested in New Orleans with a $10 bag of marijuana, said the warrant for her arrests had been dismissed only after a community group for which she is a volunteer raised the remaining $155 of the $834 she owed the court.
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