United States v. John K. Snook

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

John Snook is a casualty of drug abuse. Consider his own words: “I realize what I’ve done is wrong. I wish I would have seeked out help at an earlier time in my life. For whatever reason, I did not. But I’d like to apologize to my family. I’m sorry that they had to be here to see this and I hope, with some help, I can make a better person of myself.” So do we. Not only did Snook’s drug abuse harm him, it caused him to harm others by dealing drugs to finance his own habit. The crux of this appeal is whether his sentence should reflect that his own personal use of drugs…