Pat Robertson should stick to television evangelism. His recent pitch to legalize marijuana and make it as available as alcoholic beverages in order to bring down incarceration rates in the United States is other worldly. Contrary to Robertson’s belief that legalizing marijuana will reduce our nation’s incarceration rates, the fact is that only 2 percent of all inmates are incarcerated for marijuana possession as their controlling or only offense.
Indeed, legalizing marijuana will likely increase criminal activity. Some two-thirds of incarcerated felons (1.5 million) meet the medical criteria for addiction and marijuana is commonly one of the first steps on the road to other drug addiction.
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