2.1
Oregon
Blacks are
times more likely than
whites to be arrested for marijuana possession
Racial Disparities In Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates*
Arrest Rates
BL AC K
Counties with the largest disparities
Times more likely
Blacks arrested
Population size >30,000, Black population >2%
557
Lane
119
Multnomah
00
200
200
2.8 x
736
329
Benton
600
600
All counties with racial disparities
above the national average (3.73)
1.9 x
614
400
400
3.5 x
2.8 x
434
266
Marion
271
3.3 x
396
155
Washington
1,932
563
W H ITE
800
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
1,800
2,000
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
1,800
2,000
Counties with the largest population
Includes all counties, listed in order of size
119
Multnomah
3.3 x
396
Washington
155
Clackamas
73
146
2.8 x
434
2 .0x
557
Lane
266
Marion
00
200
200
400
400
1,932
2.8 x
736
600
600
800
800
3.5 x
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
1,800
2,000
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
1,800
2,000
Cost
Statewide marijuana possession arrest rates 2001-2010
600
563
548
539
502
483
Money spent enforcing marijuana
possession
$
laws in 2010:
50,194,024
533
497
Drug Arrests by Offense in 2010
418
ARREST RATES
400
296
247
200
0
183
2001
White arrest rate
Black arrest rate
172
171
2002
188
199
208
222
245
245
247
271
Marijuana
possession
All other
drug offenses
54.6% 45.4%
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Source: FBI / Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data and U.S. Census Data
*All arrest rates are per 100,000 and based on 2010 data
| ACLU: The War on Marijuana in Black and White