I probably shouldn't admit this here, but here goes.

My best friend in high school was a state champion wrestler, good, clean kid. Fastest pin in state history at the time from Forks, Wa. After school (once he was over his scholarship), he got into a bad crowd, with some bad habits. When it all caught up with him, he was arrested by the FBI for drug felonies. They offered him a bargain;

Plea guilty and get 5 years in the Federal Pen

Fight it in court (feds told him they had a 97% conviction rate) and they would prosecute him under the Patriot Act and give him 30 years.

Their case for prosecuting him under the PA was that he had a record in high school for assault for breaking another guy's nose. Made him a violent offender, he had no other violent offenses to that date, and was not being charged for any violent crimes when they arrested him, only drugs.

Before I go, I do not support letting these drug offenses go, if you're a criminal, and you're caught, go do your time. I don't agree with labeling you as a terrorist because they want to add a few more years to your sentence on a drug conviction.

He's still in prison, so I can't get you in touch with him currently, but he'll be out in about six months, if anyone's interested in talking to him about this, I'll be sure to let him know. (I'll let you explain to him that the PA is never used against American citizens, only terrorists)