In the Caribbean, there are many people who are criminals because they are, in one way or another, involved in the illegal cultivation, harvesting, packaging and distribution of marijuana. Many of these are farmers or people who have worked on farms and who have lost markets for their products such as bananas or citrus fruits because the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) countries have not had better contact with the 'European Union due to the tasks of Latin America. countries and the United States encouraged by large American-owned corporations that captured the banana market. They got into the marijuana business because without it they wouldn't last, so they develop scammers. Sir Ronald Sanders is a Caribbean consultant and former diplomat who said that “marijuana should be brought into the legal system of regulation, control, education and taxation”. (http://www.caribbean360.com/opinion/46668.txt#axzz2xq9iw44b) This would reduce the crime rate in the Caribbean. George Soros expresses the point and says: “The criminalization of marijuana has not stopped marijuana from becoming the most used substance in the United States and many other countries. But this entailed huge costs and negative consequences." Soros goes on to note, “Regulating and taxing marijuana would simultaneously save taxpayers billions of dollars in law enforcement and incarceration costs, while providing many billions of dollars in revenue each year.” It also highlights a point, confirmed by expert studies, that it “would also reduce the crime and violence associated with drug markets and the violations of civil liberties and human rights that occur when large numbers of law-abiding citizens are subjected under arrest." (......half of paper......for personal reasons, it would still be illegal, but if caught, the accused would not have to go through the criminal justice system where they might otherwise be detained or incarcerated or be marked with a criminal record, however, he pointed out, such a person would have their drugs confiscated and could possibly be sent for treatment, thus avoiding the normal criminal justice process, where the act would be treated as a violation rather than a violation. a violation or crime. In this way, said Judge Randall Worrell, “such a measure would free up police, court and prison resources for the more serious matters.” research in those areas that have already decriminalized it, like California, and see how the country does with it..