Definitely a win for freedom. Many have paid the price along the way especially in the 90s. But if you know anything about the bureau of prisons and the type of prisoner there I think it makes more sense. There are some vicious hardcore criminals running around out there, the Feds would much rather use resources on them than a bunch of harmless kids shipping $1000 worth of weed.
The Feds definitely try to make examples out of harmless people (samurai) but it’s way past that point with cannabis.