I made it clear for you what I meant. This guy deserved worse punishment than what the activists usually claim happens to pot users who get caught (Which you claim doesn't exist. Fine, I don't care. I'll let the readers decide. I'm not going off on a diversionary chase.).
If they don't claim it happens to every pot user who gets caught, there is no basis for your statement, "According to the pot activists he would have had all his property confiscated and served hard time, and his entire life ruined."
You tried to score cheap points with a bogus claim and got caught. Deal with it.