Marijuana Law Just Creates Criminals

Marijuana Law Just Creates Criminals 
By: Hakeem Jeffries 

In this article here it talks about how marijuana is affecting the world and creating criminals. So really it just talks about what happens if you get caught by the cops with drugs on you, they'll arrest you, and if you resist it it'll become a crime. It says that Black and Latino is the most common race that'll get caught with marijuana.

The article tells how many people are arrested for having drugs on them. In the article it says "more than 50,000 people in 2011 were arrested in New York City for possessing small amounts of marijuana...the majority of whom were Black and Latino." They tell how alot of drugs has been skyrocketed and has came with consequences. It says "Despite this change in law, arrest for small quantities of marijuana over the last decade have skyrocketed, with more than 40,000 people arrested and unceremoniously run through the criminal justice system." It also says "But what many people don't know is that the state decriminalized this offense more than 30 years ago, making private possession of less than 25 grams of marijuana a violation punishable by a $100 fine."

Honestly, in this article I think they spoke up on good points. I think that marijuana is becoming a big problem. Very Big! Young children around us think that it is very popular to sell and smoke marijuana because its trending so badly. I think by them arresting them is making a big difference they should keep it up because I want the next generation to be better. Something got to give.

There was a time when my uncle and I walked to the store he got shot-up and he was yelling telling me to run. He got shot up because he had a marijuana related issue. I found out that he had suppose to owe someone money money or a trade, something like that. He started ducking the guy, but he caught him when he least expected him to.

This article has helped me understand why there is alot of people getting arrested and how marijuana is becoming a big problem. It also gave me a better view on how it has taken a toll on this generation today. I guess it'll continue on until they get more serious about this marijuana problem.

Imagine if that was you, Would you want to do the police job? ,Would you rather be the bad person?, What would you do if you were in this situation?, Do you want the world to change? Why?