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coming out in new york state
police found about ten grams of of pot
which my eyes minor thing about third of announce
which is about like
this much in a bag right
i have no idea
when they uh... search penelope harris's apartment in the bronx last year
now this amount
so small that it's not even a misdemeanor offense
and prosecutors decline structure
but miss harris a mother lucerne unease that were home at the time when she was
in custody
as she was a mother
chatter her son
internees at her home ok well the cops took her away
they arrested her
in end up um...
character
the cops reporter arrest the style estate child's welfare hotline
caseworkers came they took the kids away
her son spent more than a week in foster care
her niece who was a living with her as a foster child
which place another home
uh... and not
returned by the foster care in c one
year over a year
she had to wage eight year long over your loan lengthy child neglect inquiry
she had no criminal record
she never been investigate motels welfare uh... sorties
itself for
three ounces of pot
excuse me ten grams of pot not three ounces ten grams
of pot
she had her children taken away from her for a week and a year
she was never even convicted
hundreds of new york is according to the new york times have been caught with
small amounts of marijuana
or simply admitted to using it
have become and snared in trials of all neglect cases in recent years
though they didn't even face any criminal charges is according to a
record of a a study of city records and defense lawyers
a small number these parents in these cases been lost custody of their
children
this is for pot yeah
large bureau director of the brooklyn fence that defend family defense project
which defense most parents
facing neglect charges in family court brooklyn
said that ninety percent of the cases alleging drug use
where
kids
are attempted to be taken from their families
ninety percent
where the uh... child welfare agency
does this because it drugs
ninety percent of them are pot
is about pot exclusively
shapiro says that this is not the same uses of crack *** that they're used
to be
and so uh... there's not the same usa crack *** is used to be
so there it they are filling these cases the a filing these cases instead
and other words
they are trying to meet some type of number
where they have a a drug-related cases and because there's not much crack
in *** use
amongst parents apparently
they're making up for with pot
it's stunning
this is ridiculous
and this woman miss harris
she was briefly held in custody in the bronx ok not even
a day
sasa kids attend x
she lost her essentially her foster
kidded wizard needs
for over a year
police says searched her apartment because they believe drugs are being
sold there now gation she denied
he said the small bags of marijuana the policeman belong to a boyfriend
and were for his
personal use
she tested negative for drugs after she was released
and then spent the next year trying to get a kid back
unbelievable
they suggest legalized