610 Morris Park Ave., the site of a pot farm bust
In late January, NYPD and narcotics detectives busted a farm of 800 marijuana plants at the C&C Corporation at 610 Morris Park Avenue in the Van Nest section of the Bronx. Three men were arrested at the farm which contained plants up to seven feet tall. Students at Lehman College responded to the news.
“In my apartment, you smell the odor of weed,” said Junior Adavie Gutierrez, 25. “It’s not only in my building, it’s in every building in the Bronx.”
Lehman College graduate Angel Ramos, 24, is also not surprised that there is a pot farm smack in the middle of the Bronx. “Honestly, we live in a generation of weed smokers.”
Gutierrez felt that now pot is the drug of choice for a generation mostly born during the infamous crack epidemic of the 1980’s and early 1990’s. “It’s not really crack that’s the big deal anymore. It’s weed…because crack is whack.”
Freshman Jessica Fernandez offered a suggestion. “The government should legalize it so that they can tax it instead of going against the odds.”
Gerald Aiken, whose brother works as an undercover NYPD narcotics officer, felt the agency needs to shift its priorities. “The first priority for cops should be safety and they should focus more on getting firearms off the street,” he said.
Lehman junior Jermaine Scott, 41, said, “I would love to have pot brownies.”
Woody Monestime, a 25-year-old Lehman College senior, said “The price of nickel bag should go down.”
“I smoke marijuana,” said a nearby street vendor, who calls himself Johnny Bravo. “I am high right now.” He said that busting the marijuana farm was good because it was an illegal activity, but that they should give the producers more options so they can grow it legally.
Patrick Edmonds said his pot smoking days were a thing of the past. “Maybe 30 years ago. I’m 50 now,” he said. Edmonds said that he only drinks beer and whiskey because he doesn’t know what they put in marijuana nowadays.
Student Desha Hagler said that the bust was a good thing because drugs mess up families. “A lot of kids are doing drugs,” she said, “and not only marijuana.”
Reporting done by Brenda Ramos, Dally Perez, Fermina Alcantara, Percy Lujan, and Jaquelyn Johnson
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