What Pat Robertson Meant

Since Pat Robertson made his comments about marijuana, a spokesman has come out with a statement to clarify what the 700 Club host meant. Chris Roslan says Robertson did not intend to suggest he now supports the legalization of marijuana, but questions the severity of the punishment for possession of small amounts of the drug. Here is the full statement.

“Dr. Robertson did not call for the decriminalization of marijuana. He was advocating that our government revisit the severity of the existing laws because mandatory drug sentences do harm to many young people who go to prison and come out as hardened criminals. He was also pointing out that these mandatory sentences needlessly cost our government millions of dollars when there are better approaches available. Dr. Robertson’s comments followed a CBN News story about a group of conservatives who have proven that faith-based rehabilitation for criminals has resulted in lower repeat offenders and saved the government millions of dollars. Dr. Robertson unequivocally stated that he is against the use of illegal drugs.”

You can see the video of what Robertson had to say below.