The war on marijuana is just plain stupid...
If we take the case of the guy that is the subject of this thread, the cost of incarcerating him for the next 40 years will be at least $800,000 at $20k per year (imagine the cost per year in 40 years, and I've seen some estimates of annual prison costs set at $50k per year). That is just the cost of incarcerating one person.
The nearly 100,000 citizens arrested annually for dealing marijuana are costing at least $2 billion per year to taxpayers and that does not count the other 775,000+ people arrested for marijuana possession annually.
The actual monetary cost to society is higher by several magnitudes, and the impact on the individuals incarcerated and their families can be enormous. This should be stopped.
I have never dealt marijuana and probably never will, since I would hate having strangers coming to my house, plus the risk of getting ripped off or ratted out and busted are more than I would ever want to chance.
However, I predict, that if legalized, and set up like it is here in California, where the cities are starting to regulate and tax medical marijuana, that anyone dealing out of his home, especially with minors present, is still looking at some form of punishment - although again, if cannabis was legal and regulated, he might not be in business anyway.
ADG