Again, as I've said before. MJ is way safer than alcohol and just about any pharma drug out there. Probably not as effective as some of the pharma drugs, but certainly safer and far less addicting than most. I consider it no different than people who come home and have drink after work. Something to relieve you from a hard day. It's far better than smoking cigarettes every 20 minutes and smells better, doesn't stick to your carpet and furniture for ever like cigs. People who are lazy pothead aren't lazy because of pot, they are lazy because of their lifestyle choice. I smoked a lot in college and still graduated, still played club sports like tennis, and became a pretty decent accountant which I basically taught myself. It's far easier to be a successful pothead than a successful drinker. The fact that people think its so dangerous is because of propaganda by big pharma and big tobacco. It shouldn't be illegal anywhere. It's really not that bad. Some people don't like it, just like some don't like alcohol. There should be more than one legal method to take the stress off if you do it in a safe manner, just like alcohol, which is far more dangerous and makes you do far more stupid crap. MJ is completely different than Alcohol.
Should nations be so strict about it? No. Should this man be in prison in Russia for it? No. But that is the law, and that was his choice to break it. I personally think there is something much deeper going on. It does surprise me why Biden ain't trying to get him home. I think there is something deeper going on about it with the state department. Normally they hide things like that with silly over cases. Sorta like Otto Warmbeir and that whole debacle. It was about more than they told us. Still wrong to do what they did though.
