Marijuana number 1 reason for arrest in NYC Welcome to the weed arrest capital of the world – NYC. In 2010, the NYPD arrested 50,383 people for low level marijuana offenses, which makes “low-level” marijuana possession the top cause for arrest in New York City. If you do the math, that is on average 140 arrests per day in 2010 in New York City based on statistics obtained by the Drug Policy Alliance...