In "Marijuana law just creates criminals" Hakeem Jeffries explores that in New York City they spend $75 million each year arresting people because they recreated marijuana.The passage stated "More than 50,000 people in 2011 were arrested in New York City for possessing small amounts of marijuana."

The passage includes quotes from governors. Gov. Andrew Cuomo points out that he wants to reduce the possession of marijuana. one quote that stood out to me was "The possession of small quantities of marijuana is either a crime or it is not." This quote shows that people are confused about the idea of having marijuana or not.

I think people should be allowed to have or use marijuana. It sometimes help people; for example if someone is going threw a hard they take drugs to keep that situation out of their head. Most people don't think that way, they believe people always use drugs to high and under the influence.

This article made me think about a time when everyone got on my nerves and i wanted them to leave me alone. I didn't take marijuana but i listened to music to keep that situation out my head. When i did that i noticed that i was only paying attention to the lyrics of the music.