Drugs laws are too extreme and should be rolled back, but I do not like the way the OP uses the term &quot;nonviolent drug crimes&quot;.<p>&quot;Police said Mizanskey conspired to sell 6 pounds of marijuana to a dealer connected with Mexican drug cartels.&quot;<p>Taking that as true because we don&#x27;t have anything else to go on, the Mexican drug trade is far from nonviolent.  It is very easy to say that someone&#x27;s actions were themselves nonviolent, but when they are aiding something that is very violent then it isn&#x27;t so simple. I&#x27;d have much more sympathy if this guy had grown the pot in his closet and sold it to friends.