The Marijuana Law Could Be a Bad Thing

The future of our country will change by a lot if other states make Marijuana legal. I would be Ok with legalizing Marijuana only if it was harder to grow. I think every state would legalize Marijuana if it was harder to grow. Why I say that is because the government would be able to profit off it by taxing the growing of Marijuana.

Possession of Marijuana is the number one arrest category in New York. In New York there is a law were policy can stop and frisk citizens on the street. There is a 90% without arrest rate for possession of Marijuana. Police officers instruct young people to generally empty their pockets. During a stop and frisk a person has to empty out their pockets and show the officer anything they have. This is greatest arrest category in NY.

The penalty for possession of marijuana is a misdemeanor possession, and charge with up to three months in jail with a fine of $500. The law change in 1977 where, if a person still has possession of Marijuana, it wouldn't be a crime. The people could argue that this law is unfair. In fact 85% of arrested people for Marijuana are and Latinos and Blacks. Such a huge part of arrest for these two races is an injustice. Studies have shown young white people use it in larger or equal to amounts. By arrests rates growing each year for Marijuana the government might be on my bad side for a legalizing it.

Up 400,000 arrested people are in jail for small amounts of Marijuana. Arrests for Marijuana have grown by a huge margin in the last decade. Many see Marijuana as a No. 1 for getting arrested. By getting arrested period makes it harder to get a job, go to college, and move forward in your life. I personally think what the point for using Marijuana is.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York has stepped up and said, “We are on the brink of finishing the job that the state Legislature started in 1977."

Are powerful leaders in the political office have admitted to smoking Marijuana or weed as are young people of today would call it. As a united force we need to lower the use of Marijuana.