Even Pat Robertson Says Make Weed Legal/Regulated

[Meddle]

Maybe that solar flare did something weird to the world, eh?

RICHMOND, Va. -- Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson says marijuana should be legalized and treated like alcohol because the government's war on drugs has failed.

The outspoken evangelical Christian and host of "The 700 Club" on the Virginia Beach-based Christian Broadcasting Network he founded said the war on drugs is costing taxpayers billions of dollars. He said people should not be sent to prison for marijuana possession.

The 81-year-old first became a self-proclaimed "hero of the hippie culture" in 2010 when called for ending mandatory prison sentences for marijuana possession convictions.

"I just think it's shocking how many of these young people wind up in prison and they get turned into hardcore criminals because they had a possession of a very small amount of a controlled substance," Robertson said on his show March 1. "The whole thing is crazy. We've said, 'Well, we're conservatives, we're tough on crime.' That's baloney."

Robertson's support for legalizing pot appeared in a New York Times story published Thursday. His spokesman confirmed to AP that Robertson supports legalization with regulation.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/0...e-treated.html

[maxx]

Weed won't cure softheadedness, Pat.

[gazhekwe]

I was amazed to hear Pat Robertson actually making sense for a change. Hallelujah!

[firstandten]

Even senile old bigots have moments of clarity

[jiminnm]

Even senile old bigots have moments of clarity

Especially after a few tokes.

[Meddle]

How do you think he keeps that stupid look on his face?

[Jimaz]

But why release this unexpected comment at this particular moment in time? Is it politically timed?

In his 82 years of life he's relentlessly held back this opinion?

Something's afoot.

[Searay215]

Legalize it and tax the hell out of it......I am sure the cigarette companies would just jup on it.

"A 2008 study by Harvard economist Jeffrey A. Miron has estimated that legalizing drugs would inject $76.8 billion a year into the U.S. economy — $44.1 billion from law enforcement savings, and at least $32.7 billion in tax revenue [[$6.7 billion from marijuana, $22.5 billion from cocaine and heroin, remainder from other drugs)."

This does not count the cost of incarceration.

[Occurrence]

You would think that legalizing weed would be a platform all religious nuts would support. What a funny world.