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Not that it's still agreeable, but sentencing guidelines seem to suggest 7 years for a guilty on the charge.30 years is an absolute max. Given the variables of the details and lawyers involved, a diversion program with a suspended sentence seems possible to me as a semi-informed layperson.
So yeah, if you are of strong view that possession of drugs including meth should be legal (and I know some people are) and you understand that 7 years or less is what is the likely punishment, I think informed resistance to that can be valid. Unfortunately the article title (and it being posted in a weird news community here) is trying to frame it as "pot water = 30 years" for anyone who just skims.
Its not my view it just makes a lot more sense than "woman goes to prison for 30 years because bong water"