IF you read the full story that was his gate way drug and he graduated into selling hard drugs so he could use harder drugs.
It's incredibly sad to see people not realize that drugs can do enormous harm just as a terrorist would inflict upon the population.
The fact that people here are upset that other countries recognize the enormity of going easy on drug pushers but show no empathy for victims of drug use is quite telling.
the drugs he describes selling are prescription pills and a research chemical that was legal when he sold it, and his conviction was a 'low-grade felony'