Marijuana law just creates criminals

The article "Marijuana law just creates criminals" by Hakeem Jeffries is about how thousands of people are being arrested for little amounts of marijuana and its costing the government lots of money. 
  In the article it says, " More than 50,000 people in 2011 were arrested in New York City for possessing small amounts of marijuana-- the majority of whom were black and Latino-- at a considerable judicial and financial cost." About 30 years ago the state decriminalized the marijuana offense. " making private possession of less than 25 grams of Marijuana a violation punishable by a $100 fine. 
   People in New York City are stopped, questioned, frisked and searched for no reason what so ever." The vast majority of these people live in communities of color, and almost 90% are immediately released without arrest or even a summons."  Marijuana possession is now the number 1 arrest in New York. 

  I don't think marijuana should be illegal. Marijuana does no harm to any one, well depending what's in it. But Marijuana just gives you short term memory lost, it makes you tired and very hungry. I do not smoke but i do know many people who do, so i know some of the side effects after it's smoked. Yes marijuana is illegal and i feel that if anyone is found with it in the pockets and its a small amount they should not be arrested. They should either be let off with a warning, charged a certain a fine of a certain amount or spend up to a day or two in jail. I don't think that having small amounts of Marijuana is harmful.
   Cigarettes should be illegal if anything they do more harm to people than marijuana does. Cigarettes may give you lung cancer and the products that are in cigarettes are very harmful. I also feel that in New York City that the arrest of marijuana being mainly black and Latino is a racis thing. Why can't Caucation people be stopped questioned and frisked. That just doesn't seem fair. 
Think about it, would you rather smoke something that has a strong chance of killing you or smoke something that just makes you tired hungry and short of memory?