The drug program was more out of necessity. Joel Pasternak struggled with drug addiction and began a "drug-related slide into intermittent functional incapacity” while he was running Hulkbody Labs according to federal prosecutors.. I also noticed that his attorney was experienced enough to make sure he gets in the drug program. That can knock off almost a quarter of the existing sentence.
His older brother said this about him in court documents:
“[Joshua Pasternak] describes seeing the drug fueled, out of control behavior of his brother as one of the saddest moments of his life. One night, Joshua describes that his brother was on such a drug fueled high that he had to physically hold him down for quite a while until Joel fell asleep. Joshua truly believed that his brother was going to be dead before it was all over with and is grateful that he is still with the family and receiving the help that he needs.”