Marijuana law just creates Criminals

In this article "Marijuana law just creates Criminals", by Hakeem Jeffries, Hakeem speaks on the issue of marijuana use. More than 50,000 people in 2011 were arrested in New York City for carring little amounts of marijuana. The majority of them were either black or latino. This article states that over the last decade, arrest for marijuana has skyrocketed. Marijuana is the No.1 arrest in New York City. One fact that stood out to me in this article was the law that changed in 1977. This law stated that if marijuana had remained in the persons pocket, posession would not be a crime at all. Only if a police officer was to request a check on that person. Even if that person hadnt even commited a crime, officers would call in a request. They would be arrested. 85% of the peole arrested were balck and latino. This is an unfair act. Not many people pay attention to this topic. It is a very intersting topic to me now. After reading this I notice that there is about 10 times more people getting arrested for the posession of marijuana than I thought.