Any government watcher with half a brain has not failed to notice the "felony-flation" of recent years. Used to be that this designation was saved for crimes deemed so heinous that they could be punished by death. Now it's a plethora of things that can result in a year of jail.
Force should match the danger to be abated. Rescuing a hostage, to any intelligent person, ranks higher than catching a sleeping drug dealer right this minute rather than tomorrow morning.
Meth dealer do not sleep. They stay up for days on end and become paranoid and have in the past taken pot shots out windows at neighbors they thought were watching them. Plus they tend to blow up the nighborhood.
Research meth addiction and see what the problem is. MArijuana deallerslseep meth heads do not. They get out and drive around looking for people to rob, rape, or just jack with.