How to Make a Felon

The Marijuana Policy Project notes that teenagers arrested in Palm Beach County, Florida, for selling small amounts of marijuana, MDMA, or cocaine to undercover agents may face up to 15 years in prison. The government arranged for the sales to be completed within 1,000 feet of school property, making the marijuana sales third-degree felonies (punishable by sentences of up to five years) and the MDMA and cocaine sales second-degree felonies (punishable by sentences of up to 15 years). The local state attorney plans to prosecute all the kids as adults. "It's a crime that doesn't deserve juvenile prosecution," a spokesman explained.