Dangerous strategy

A sumo wrestler, 若ノ鵬, was decided to be fired. Here is the reason.
He lost his wallet somewhere and someone picked it up and handed it over to the police. So far so good. The problem was, there was found a marijuana stick in the wallet. Already, the young wrestler had reported to the police his loss. So it was easily identified. He got busted.
The decision of the Sumo Association was quickly made. They said what he did was not acceptable to current social conventions. In short he is a criminal. So he should be kicked out.
Marijuana is illegal. So legally he is a criminal. Kicking him out looks at first glance reasonable.... But...
To me it looked all too easy and too hasty when they decided the treatment of this young guy.
I must confess. When I went to the States when I was very young, from pure curiosity, I bought marijuana at a bar from a young dealer in short pants. I tried it in my hotel room. When I lit it, it smelled spicy. In the meantime I had a euphoric feeling similar to but stronger than when I am drunk. It was really good. Since I was dead tired that day, I fell asleep.
I have never tried it again since then because I thought it gave me too good a feeling to quit, once i started to depend on it. But I still remember that happy feeling.
That's what young people always want to do. From curiosity everything begins; bad things as well as good things.
Marijuana is like alcohol. It has not such bad effect as opium(made from poppy) or cocaine. It is addictive in a way that people get addictive to wine. It poses withdrawal effect rather mentally as tobacco causes. In my opinion we should not lump it together with "hard" drugs. Actually some people insist that if we ban marijuana, why not alcohol. I partially agree. (I even personally think that alcohol should be banned together with marijuana.) In Holland, cases of hard-drug use decreased after they admitted a controlled use of marijuana. I wonder if the Sumo Association know the difference between the "happy drug" and "hard drug." Probably not.
My second but more important point is the fact he is still young. Why not give him a chance even if the Association will end up blamed by all the mass media. He came all the way from Russia, struggling to adjust himself to a strange customs of Japan and especially conservative Sumo stables. It is not difficult to imagine that he suffered tons of stresses and pressure. If the 20-year-old guy used this alcohol-like drug to released from them we can tune in to it. Is there no room for consideration? I can't stand those attitude of the supposedly-good-people who try to make athletes and themselves look something like a saint. I can't stand their not-rock-the-boat policy.
Law is law. It should be strictly enforced. But the Sumo Association is different. They could have shown more generous decision to the young foreign athlete who somewhat contributed to the Japanese national sport who made a mistake once from his stress.
Curiosity and adventurous spirit are being lost from young people. This may be a sign of senility as a country. I feel the Sumo Association's decision is one of the things that discourage people from being adventurous. Always thinking about today's safety is often a most dangerous strategy in the long run.