Busted for weed? Jail or Jesus, you pick

In 2001, a young man in Michigan named Joseph R. Hanas was arrested for possession of marijuana. He pleaded guilty and was told he could avoid prison by entering a drug rehabilitation program.

The program Hanas ended up in is called Inner City Christian Outreach. It is sponsored by a Pentecostal church. Hanas is Catholic, and upon his arrival at the program, his rosary and prayer book were confiscated. He was told Catholicism is a form of witchcraft and that he would not be allowed to see a priest.

When a relative of Hanas’s complained, she was told the young man had given up his religious freedom when he signed up for the program.

Hanas says he was indoctrinated with Pentecostalism. He was forced to attend worship services, read the Bible for hours a day and denied access to his attorney. He wasn’t offered any actual drug rehabilitation; the program merely referred clients to another religious provider for rehab.

Umm... okay? If the people at Inner City Christian Outreach think Catholicism is witchcraft, I wonder what they'd think about my new occult system of ritual bong magic, which works wonders in helping me forgive the ignorance and intolerance of others. O heavenly virtues, take me away.,.