Scorecard of State Rankings, (2007)

State	Penalties	Penalties (1 ounce)	Arrest Rate	Arrest Rate of Users	Past Month Use	Past Month Use (Age 12 to 17)	Past Year Use	Past Year Use (Age 12 to 17)
Alabama	19	3	22	18	48	47	47	47
Alaska	46	12	48	49	8	10	4	11
Arizona	12	2	16	14	35	38	34	28
Arkansas	3	3	29	30	25	29	23	25
California	46	12	41	42	17	27	17	23
Colorado	41	12	27	35	6	8	8	5
Connecticut	19	3	37	39	20	14	14	12
Delaware	34	4	12	20	19	27	17	28
District Of Columbia	34	4	1	9	3	24	3	21
Florida (1)	1	1	17	17	30	24	34	28
Georgia	4	12	15	15	27	43	29	39
Hawaii	42	9	51	46	35	24	39	17
Idaho	14	3	33	25	32	36	43	43
Illinois	9	3	6	6	32	36	33	43
Indiana	9	3	24	26	23	15	29	33
Iowa	34	4	34	22	51	44	50	48
Kansas	19	3	30	27	29	22	31	31
Kentucky	19	3	3	3	25	19	25	16
Louisiana	34	4	5	7	32	39	25	37
Maine	45	12	31	40	5	2	9	3
Maryland	19	3	4	5	41	39	31	33
Massachusetts	46	12	47	48	9	5	6	6
Michigan	19	3	44	45	13	13	11	17
Minnesota	13	12	35	36	12	19	15	25
Mississippi	29	12	14	4	47	50	49	50
Missouri	6	3	10	11	30	30	25	33
Montana	2	4	50	50	4	4	10	4
Nebraska	50	11	8	2	41	45	41	49
Nevada	16	12	19	21	21	22	22	17
New Hampshire	19	3	28	44	6	5	4	9
New Jersey	30	4	23	24	46	39	38	36
New Mexico	44	10	38	37	13	5	17	7
New York	40	7	2	10	15	15	13	15
North Carolina	33	6	20	19	35	33	37	38
North Dakota	7	3	36	28	44	49	43	39
Ohio	51	12	40	38	21	18	20	12
Oklahoma	19	3	13	8	40	33	46	39
Oregon	4	12	32	41	10	11	7	7
Pennsylvania	42	9	39	33	41	30	36	25
Rhode Island	19	3	43	47	1	3	1	1
South Carolina	11	9	7	1	45	48	41	45
South Dakota	17	3	42	32	35	39	43	39
Tennessee	19	3	11	13	27	33	25	31
Texas	32	5	21	12	49	45	48	45
Utah	31	4	46	31	50	51	51	51
Vermont	18	4	49	51	2	1	2	1
Virginia	49	9	25	29	17	11	23	21
Washington	8	8	26	34	11	15	12	14
West Virginia	34	4	45	43	35	30	40	24
Wisconsin	34	4	18	23	24	19	21	20
Wyoming	14	3	9	16	15	9	15	10

 

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Notes:

The District of Columbia, Florida, and Illinois do not provide data to the national Uniform Crime Reporting Program. DC and IL data reported above were obtained from the respective city and state governments. (see below)

Wyoming arrest rate and related ranking are based on 2006 data.

To simplify comparisons, for some states the 1 ounce penalty category covers amounts just under 1 ounce. Penalty Rankings are based on the severity of punishment and were calculated based on the maximum number of days allowed by state law for the listed quantities of marijuana. The overall ranking is based on a weighted index for the four quantity levels. The weighting used in this index was: 70% for penalties for 1 ounce and 10% each for the penalties for 2, 3, and 4 ounces.

(1) Florida marijuana arrests were estimated at 40% of total drug arrests for this table.

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