His punishment was probation and mandatory attendance for a year of Narcotics Anonymous meetings, where he repeatedly watched "Sleepless in Seattle" and "You've Got Mail".

The criminal record itself was expunged.

He lost his job. But that wasn't punishment. Thousands of people have lost jobs simply because of bad credit reports.

I think that if you had been the one with a pill in your pocket and had gone through such an ordeal that your attitude would be different.