Drugs

1 Pages 316 Words

It is known that people who are found to be using drugs, most likley of lower class, are put away for longer sentences than people who have committed a worse crime. When Oscar Danilo Blandon was arrested and admitted to crimes that sent others away he was let go easy. The Justice department turned him loose unsupervised most likley due to the fact that he was part of the Nicaraguan priveledged class. They even went as far as to pay him as much as $166,000 since his release. Situtations such as these prove that social status and money can go a long way.
The people with high social class are the ones that hold the most power especially when it comes to government issues. Juan Norwin Meneses was listed in the DEA’s computers as a major international drug smuggler however, he was able to live openly and never spent a day in prison. How is this possible when others of lower class try to lead their lives and yet the second anyone of government official finds out that they are involved they get sent away immediately? Its almost as if saying “If you dont have money or have a high social status you will get put away because no one cares about you, as oppose to others who are well known and are lucrative in what they do.
Is it truly fair for a sex offender to get put back on the street rather than someone who just takes drugs to get on with their day? Id rather have the drug dealer walking around. The government or rather the President should start worrying about these issues as well as others here in the United States. If not, then what will happen to our country as time goes on if we dont start to pick up the peices of where we are falling apart the most....