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.

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