Pat Robertson has come out in favor of legalizing marijuana. The televangelist offers a video on his 700 Club about drug law reformers who run prison outreach ministries. Robertson said,"We're locking up people that have taken a couple puffs of marijuana and next thing you know they've got 10 years with mandatory sentences. I'm not exactly for the use of drugs, don't get me wrong, but I just believe that criminalizing marijuana, criminalizing the possession of a few ounces of pot, that kinda thing is just costing us a fortune and it's ruining young people. Young people go into prisons, they go in as youths and come out as hardened criminals. That's not a good thing. Here's a video showing the full context of what he had to say:
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
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