Pubdate: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 Source: Boulder Weekly (CO) Copyright: 2013 Boulder Weekly Contact: http://www.boulderweekly.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/57 Author: Leland Rucker POT BY THE NUMBERS: 50 WAYS TO LOOK AT MARIJUANA 1. 5,187,582 - Population of Colorado in 2012. 2. 1,383,140 - Number of Coloradans who voted for Amendment 64 in 2012. 3. 1,116,894 - Number of Coloradans who voted against Amendment 64 in 2012. 4. 1,238,490 - Number of Coloradans who voted for Barack Obama in 2012. 5. 141,696 - number of voters in El Paso County who voted for Amendment 64 in 2012. 6. 141,686 - number of voters in El Paso County who voted against Amendment 64 in 2012. 7. $199,118,715 - Medical marijuana sales in Colorado in 2012. 8. $5,409,622 - Taxes collected on medical marijuana sales in Colorado in 2012. 9. $88,462,453 - Medical marijuana sales in Denver in 2012. 10. $2,407,341 - Medical marijuana sales tax collected in Denver in 2012. 11. $34,903,683 - Medical marijuana sales in El Paso County in 2012. 12. $924,509 - Medical marijuana sales taxes collected in El Paso County in 2012. 13. $24,473,658 - Medical marijuana sales in the city of Boulder. 14. $670,392 - Taxes collected by the city of Boulder from medical marijuana in 2012. 15. $279,000 - Cost for CU to stop 4/20 event in 2012. 16. $107,000 - Cost for CU to stop 4/20 event in 2013. 17. 108,483 - Number of active patients on Colorado medical marijuana registry as of April 1, 2013. 18. 108,440 - Number of active patients on Colorado medical marijuana registry as of January 1, 2013. 19. 40 - Average age of men on medical marijuana registry. 20. 43 - Average age of women on medical marijuana registry. 21. 735 - Number of grow operations in Colorado. 22. 411 - Number of licensed grow operations in Colorado. 23. 324 - Number of grow operations awaiting permits in Colorado. 24. 532 - Number of medical marijuana dispensaries in Colorado. 25. 389 - Number of dispensaries that have licenses in Colorado. 26. 143 - Number of dispensaries in Colorado that are in the process of obtaining a license. 27. 146 - Marijuana-infused products companies in Colorado. 28. 69 - Marijuana-infused products companies in Colorado with licenses. 29. 77 - Marijuana-infused products companies in Colorado in the process of getting a license. 30. 68.2% - Percentage of Boulder County high school students who have drank in their lives. 31. 41% - Percentage of Boulder County high school students who have used marijuana in their lives. 32. 7.8% - Percentage of Boulder County high school students who used marijuana before age 13. 33. 25.1% - Percentage of Boulder County high school students who use marijuana at least once a month. 34. 9% - Percentage of Boulder County high school students who believe that regularly smoking marijuana posed a moderate or great risk of harm. 35. 51.9% - Percentage of Boulder County high school students who believe it is wrong or very wrong for someone their age to smoke marijuana. 36. 4.5% - Percentage of Boulder County high school students who are current cocaine users (e.g., used some form of cocaine at least once per month). 37. 2.8% - Percentage of Boulder County high school students who have ever used heroin. 38. 3.2% - Percentage of Boulder County high school students who have ever used methamphetamine. 39. 11.2% - Percentage of Boulder County high school students who have ever used ecstasy. 40. 200,000 - Number of students who have lost federal financial aid eligibility because of a drug conviction. 41. 7,295,880 - Number of Americans arrested for marijuana offenses between 2001 and 2010. 42. 784,021 - Number of Americans arrested for marijuana possession in 2010. 43. 88% - Percentage of all marijuana-related arrests between 2001 and 2010 for possession. 44. 192 per 100,000 - U.S. white arrest rate for marijuana offenses in 2010. 45. 716 per 100,000 - U.S. black arrest rate for marijuana offenses in 2010. 46. 11,009 - Number of Coloradans arrested in 2010 for marijuana offenses. 47. 10,343 - Number of Coloradans arrested in 2010 for possession of marijuana. 48. 6,000 - Number of Americans who try marijuana for the first time each day. 49. 162,000,000 - Number of people worldwide who use marijuana at least once per year. 50. 0 - Number of people who have died of an overdose of marijuana. Sources: 1-6 from the State of Colorado, 7-14 from the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division, 15-16 from The Denver Post, 17-29 from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, 30-39 from the 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Study, Boulder County School District, 40 from Rolling Stone, 41-47 from The War On Marijuana - In Black and White (2013), 48-50 from RandomHistory.com. - --- MAP posted-by: Matt