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		bastawhiz 44 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Working on databases from prison I do not believe this is true. Looking at the record, marijuana is one of a few drugs. The specific incident that led to his current sentence is related to a powerful opioid. This is corroborated by Preston's own personal website.

keepamovin 44 days ago [–]

Blog post said majority of sentence was for marijuana. Where do you find this other stuff?

I mean it would be sad if he was lying - but i don’t see any of that.

Hamuko 44 days ago | [–]

https://apnews.com/general-news-d68dca63e95946fbb9cc82f38540...

Saying that he got his time for marijuana seems to be a big stretch.

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