More U.S. arrests for pot than violent crimes: rights groups

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. police make over 1.25 million arrests a year for drug possession, more than twice the number for violent crimes, and about half of the arrests are for marijuana, two human rights groups said on Wednesday in a call for sweeping drug decriminalization.

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