A Fiscal Analysis of Marijuana Decriminalization

Fiscal Analysis of the Effects of Marijuana Decriminalization on the Criminal Justice System in California

Savings in California Marijuana Law Enforcement Costs Attributable to the Moscone Act of 1976-A Summary - by MICHAEL R. ALDRICH, PH.D.* & TOD MIKURIYA, M.D.**

PRELIMINARY REPORT: FISCAL COSTS OF CALIFORNIA MARIJUANA LAW ENFORCEMENT 1960 - 1984 by Michael R. Aldrich, Ph.D., Tod H. Mikuriya, M.D., Gordon S. Brownell, J.D., Copyright 1986, MEDI-COMP PRESS, 1168 Sterling Avenue, Berkeley, California 94708

CONTENTS - PRELIMINARY REPORT

• SUMMARY
• REASONS for Escalating Enforcement Costs: California Drug and Marijuana Arrests, 1960--67
• FISCAL COSTS of California Marijuana Law Enforcement, 1960-72 (Summary Of Previous Studies Through 1974)
• LEGISLATIVE CHANGES in California Marijuana Laws, 1970s
• MARIJUANA ARREST COSTS 1972 - 1984
• ADULT FELONY MARIJUANA DISPOSITIONS
• MARIJUANA PRISON AND PAROLE COSTS
• GRAPHS
  • DAD67 - California Drug Arrests 1960-67
  • DRMJ6067 - Drug and Marijuana Arrests 1960-67
  • %AMJAD67 - Percent Marijuana of Drug Arrests 1960-67
  • DAD672 - Marijuana and Non-Marijuana Drug Arrests 60-67
  • MJFM67 - Felony and Misdemeanor Marijuana Arrests 60-67
  • MJ6067 - Adult and Juvenile Marijuana Arrests 60-67
  • %AJMJ67 Per-cent Adult-Juvenile of Marijuana Arrests
  • MJPNP67 Possession and Non-Possession MJ Arrests 60-67
  • %MJPNP67 Percent Possession, Non-Possn MJ Arrests 60-67
  • DRMJ6072 California Drug and Marijuana Arrests, 1960-72
  • COST6072 Marijuana Law Enforcement Costs 1960-72
  • MJFM6084 Felony-Misdemeanor Marijuana Arrests 1960-1984
  • ARRCOSTS Actual Marijuana Arrest Expenditures 1973-1984
  • INFARRCO - Inflation-Adjusted MJ Arrest Expends 1973-1984
  • DISP-2 - Adult Felony Marijuana Dispositions, 1976-1984
  • PRISPOP - Marijuana Felons in Prison, 1972-1984
  • PRISPOPI Marijuana Felon, Total Prison Population 72-84
  • PRISCOST Marijuana Felon Prison Costs, 1977-1984
  • PROLCOST Marijuana Felon Parole Costs, 1977-1984
• APPENDICES

• RACE67 Drug Arrest Distributions by Race, 1960-67
• CALOF Lawrence Calof's Cost Study, 1968
• ARRCOST Marijuana Arrest Costs (Post Method), 1972-84
• INFLATE Adjusting Arrest Costs for Inflation, 1972-84
• TABLES Tables I, 4, 2, 3, 5, 6. (7 & 8 are in Text)
• DRUGMJ Table of Drug and Marijuana Arrests, 1960-84
• MJSPRD Drug and Marijuana Arrest Spreadsheet, 1960-84
• With Comparisons 64-74-84, 68-78-84, 60-72-84.