Originally Posted by MrLabGuy

Her sentence was tough because she was 17 at the time of the offense. Statistics have shown that more accidents and deaths are caused by young drivers especially speeding young drivers.

It could be argued that speeding teens are a danger to society while drug use is a personal crime if he was not using behind the wheel. That said I'm not one for relaxed drug laws and feel the drug dealer will be back in front of a judge while your 17 year daughter might not.