It's the sort of thing a state which wasn't hysterically knee-jerk Prohibitionist would do.
Alcohol is the worst drug on the face of the earth—by several orders of magnitude.
And yet it was absurd that nanny-staters succeeded in criminalizing it for a time.
It's equally absurd—if not more so—that someone who calls himself a conservative (who supposedly believes in minimal government) would ever support prison sentences for possessing one of God's own plants. It is to laugh, and it's precisely the kind of emotional arbitrary Law that so many on the Left embrace with their pet Tyrannies.
The Prohibitionist Mind—and the rationalizations that it's willing to engage in to justify such overt Tyranny—is truly a wonder to behold.
The only thing worse than decriminalization is Contraband Law, and the ever-expanding police state necessary to enforce it—not to mention the trampling of Constitutional Rights.
No thanks. If it's not real crime—infringing on someone else's rights—I'll take actual Freedom, with all of its challenges and inconveniences.
Education and rehabilitation—not incarceration—is the only valid option for a Free country, in the absence of an actual crime...
Read about China, then get back to me once you are better informed.