Reply #182: "How many people are brutalized for the want of marijuana?" See Response

[Yavin4]

Well, have you heard of Mexican border towns that are literally war zones because of the illegal marijuana trafficking from Mexico into the U.S.

Although Mexico has been a producer and transit route for illegal drugs for generations, the country now finds itself in a pitched battle with powerful and well-financed drug cartels.

The government says more than 34,600 have been killed in the four years since President Felipe Calderón took office and threw the federal police and military at the cartels, with the toll for 2010, 15,237, the heaviest yet.

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/mexico/drug_trafficking/index.html

So, I would say that at least 34,600 have been "brutalized for the want of marijuana".