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Alabama Representative: Theres nobody in our State prisons just for marijuana.
Representative Phillip Pettus (R-Killen) said there were zero people in Alabama’s prison system for solely marijuana during a committee meeting.
Pettus’ comments came during a House Judicial Committee Meeting on Wednesday during a public hearing for a new bill that would make possessing 1 ounce or less of marijuana a finable offense.
“There’s nobody in our state prisons just for marijuana,” Pettus said.
Immediately after Pettus’ comment, Representative Patricia Todd (D-Montgomery), who was attending the meeting, quietly disputed Pettus from her seat in the audience.
“That’s not true,” Todd said.
Read more: http://www.alreporter.com/2017/03/20/alabama-representative-theres-nobody-state-prisons-just-marijuana/