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Most US drug arrests involve a gram or less

  • Written by Joseph E. Kennedy, Professor of Law, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Less than one percent of state and local drug arrests involve amounts over a kilogram.content_creator/Shutterstock.com

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