Ok let’s say for the sake of arguement you are right. Alchohol is bad and weed is perfectly fine.
He broke the law. I don’t feel bad for him.
I’m drinking beer and I’m not breaking the law. If I jump in my car and drive later and I get a dui, it’s my 17ing fault.
Oh I agree that breaking the law is breaking the law, but part of changing stupid laws is to talk about it when the issue comes up.
What he did should be no worse than some college kid with a 30 pak of beer in the fridge and a couple of fifths in the cabinet....which is perfectly acceptable in society.
We can agree that breaking the law and getting in trouble is what should happen... but the law is insanely stupid and hypocritical. Feeling sorry for the kid or not is really not important. What matters is working to make the laws right.
And it takes a lot more than message board banter to change laws. I'm not suggesting that. But when it comes up in conversation, the absurdity of the law should be discussed.