I see this with frightening frequency on leftie sites. "We know what was said and who supported what and when we have trials of these people etc.".
...and that is what it really boils down to for little tyrants like Mr. Crimmins. He's not particularly interested in helping anyone so much as he is in punishing people, and types of people, that he has perceived to have slighted him in some way. Which is why he stopped doing drugs himself 20 years ago, but he is a strong advocate of legalized drugs. He really is a sick, twisted, very bad man.