Like Doug Mataconis, I confess I didn’t expect to see Pat Robertson come out in favour of legalising marijuana possession. But he has.
The British situation is not wholly comparable to the American one but the arguments remain broadly similar. And mandatory sentences are just as grotesque on this side of the Atlantic too.

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