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Posted: Friday, 12 October 2012 6:33AM

Study Says Decades Of Pot Arrests Have Cost State Plenty



NEW YORK, NY  (Metro)  -- A new study says 25 years of marijuana arrests costs Washington State more than $300 million. 

According to "The Seattle Times," the analysis from City University of New York says there were 241,000 arrests. 

It also says African-Americans were arrested twice as often as whites, even though whites used more pot. 

This came up at a debate on marijuana legalization Initiative 502 Wednesday night. 

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