After legalization, between 2015 and 2019, there were 3,631 marijuana arrests. ADMen accounted for 89 percent of all marijuana arrests during the eight-year period. ADHis case was among 115 marijuana arrests The Post reviewed that occurred between May 2018 and the end of 2019. Douglas Jefferies, among the 304 Whites arrested for marijuana between 2015 and 2019, was one of the few charged with a felony. Police moved in to arrest McNeil, then 27, an African American who lived in Congress Heights.

Source: Washington Post September 15, 2020 19:34 UTC