Are cops creating criminals for pointless reasons?

Marijuana law just creates criminals By Hakeem Jeffries, Special to CNN

The main idea of this article is that New York police are arresting over 400,000 people and paying $75million a year but many people believe that is never a good thing.

Details or evidence I have from this article is when the writer says that more than 50,000 people got arrested in 2011 for possessing a small amount of marijuana at the time. Another detail I have about the article is when it states that a majority of the arrests that occur are in the same neighborhoods and about 85% of those arrests being Black and Latina though there are some cases where young whites have been arrested as well.

In my opinion I feel as though they could’ve developed a better system to subdue people with the substance of marijuana instead of arresting them because some people feel as though they're above the law and become rebellious over time so there is always going to be someone to be arrested and that's wasting too much time, money, and effort.

This article has helped me to think more deeply about the situation because it has me wondering why can’t anyone just stop smoking. I mean I know it can be addictive but that's why there's rehab centers they're there to help you in any way possible.

My only question is why can't people just stop smoking? Because they're only hurting themselves and the people they love. One other question I have is why are cops wasting so much just to keep these guys behind bars? In my opinion they can think up better strategies to keep drugs out of the pockets of people.

Thad Young gets a well deserved break after playing hard

76ers' Thaddeus Young welcomes some rest after battling big men By John N. Mitchell, Inquirer Staff Writer

The main idea of this article I've read  http://articles.philly.com/2012-12-03/sports/35572497_1_chicago-bulls-big-men-taj-gibson is about the struggle 76ers' forward Thaddeus Young went through hard times with his team in back to back games in the NBA. Thad was basically working hard on defense and had to deal with 3 men who were his size and even though he did buff up again he was still exhausted after that continuous game span.

Details or evidence I have from this article is that the writer and Thad himself was explaining how it was known that it was going to be difficult for the sixers when they could win with great numbers but just as quickly can lose with inexcusable numbers as well. Another piece of evidence I have from the article is when they said that the team is going to have a chance of getting vengeance against Detroit after losing and ending the Pistons 8 game losing streak.

In my opinion I think I think Thad's break is well deserved because I was reading over the article myself and it was basically describing what he had to endure for his team and I think he should have had more help and support behind him so that way the team could've atleast had a chance even when they were tired.

This article has helped me to think more deeply about the topic because in the world it reminds me of the struggles we go through even today and win or lose atleast you tried your hardest and put out your best effort to achieve success.

One question I have for the sixers' is what are they going to do to try and support Thad more when there next game comes up?