Decriminalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States and federal prisons and an upwards of 750,000 in local jails for marijuana related crimes. Today there are over 1.5 million Americans serving time in an institution. If marijuana was decriminalized, these numbers were further be reduced again to below 700,000 inmates and save the taxpayers billions of dollars per year. The United States spends an estimated $68 billion per year on prisoners with a third of that number have been incarcerated for non-violent drug crimes including a sixth of those numbers as marijuana drug related offenses. A reduction in the prison population due to decriminalizing marijuana could save an
Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal governments. The Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act was introduced into the United States House of Representatives on April 9, 2013 by Rep. James Lankford (R, OK-5). It was referred to the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. It was reported (amended) alongside House Report 113-355 on February 21, 2014. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor announced on February 21, 2014 that the bill would be considered under a suspension of the rules on February 25, 2014. On February 25, 2014, the House