$12,000 per arrest, and the same people get arrested again and again before they do any time. In California we have 'drug court'. The idea was to help users get their shit straight. Good initiative, bad judgement. The reality is that they are giving it out to people charged with possession for sales and manufacturing of methamphetamine. And before you tokers get up in arms, nobody but the feds cares a whole lot about weed anymore, so grab the cheetos and chill.