Nate got “busted” at 19 and was sentenced to five years in prison for ten dollars of marijuana in his pocket.  Nothing serious or dangerous, just a plain old drug that one can argue is safer than alcohol and cigarettes. It goes to show that minor offenses can lead to harsh punishments. He did his time and when he got out he promised himself he would be better, he would change. This seems like a common motto for criminals, a common goal that never seems to be accomplished. He explaines that he had to pay for five years of child support that he owed and for the routine drugs tests that he was forced to take and for the monthly wages of the parole officer and for the public offender who advised him to plea guilty. He made 13 cents and hour incarcerated and couldn’t get a job due to his criminal past.

The prison system is completely broken. How can criminals change if the system is set up for them to continue in their current lifestyles. They are left in a massive amount of debt with no way to pay for it. How are they supposed to get a job? No one is going to hire them. They worked in the prison. Correction.  Were enslaved in the prison, getting paid cents by the hour. In reality once you commit a crime your life is over. No chance of recovering, no chance of changing, no chance of living. Yes ,living Isn’t being forced to sell drugs for money, living isn’t being judged for the rest of ones life. Living is opportunity, change, and freedom from the past.

“Reagan spent millions, the drug war.  They have to pick an enemy. Who are they going to pick? Who are they going to take the vote from? Who are they going to put in jail?Harvard or the hood”? Is it stereotypical to think the poor are doing the drugs. Rest assured that nerds, the rich, the dumb, the poor, they all do drugs. Which ones have the least influence and are defenseless?