Of corse theyre forced into
Aint no Chicago/LA/New Orleans hood natives bringing the stuff over here on boats/planes
You keep resources from ppl, they become attracted to was there, to survive
Can't blame a lil one for not wanting to be lawyer, when he's never seen one, then wonder why he he deals drugs, when he has those in his family
Ehh.... And there lies the grey area. Do we relinquish the blame because they grew up in an area that subjects them to a lifestyle that increases the probability of them ending up that way?
There are plenty of people in the hood who don't become drug dealers and gang bangers. If someone isn't coerced into getting into that lifestyle, but just decides that's what they want to do because they think it's cool, or it's the shortcut for making money, I can't sympathize for them. Even it's all/most of what they've seen growing up.
And once you become a killer, it doesn't too much matter to me how you got there. I can't feel sorry for someone's death when they've killed someone in cold blood. My mind just doesn't work that way.
Society sucks like that... and there's nothing we can do to prevent it. Limit it, maybe. But nothing's gonna stop it.
Edit: And once you get to age 16, 17, or 18, you know exactly what you're doing. You talk to some of these nikkas in the hood banging and dealing, they know what they're doing is wrong. But they keep doing it because it's easier than struggling to make an honest living. So it's whatever at that point