Obama: Marijuana 'Not Very Different' From Cigarettes
"As has been well documented, I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad
habit and a vice, not very different from the cigarettes that I smoked as a
young person up through a big chunk of my adult life."
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(Washington Examiner) Barack Obama in an interview released Sunday said that using marijuana was not that different from smoking cigarettes nor any more dangerous than drinking alcohol.
"As has been well documented, I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad habit and a vice, not very different from the cigarettes that I smoked as a young person up through a big chunk of my adult life," Obama said as part of an extensive profile published by the New Yorker on Sunday. “I don't think it is more dangerous than alcohol.”
However, Obama said he discouraged his own daughters from using the drug. "It’s not something I encourage, and I’ve told my daughters I think it’s a bad idea, a waste of time, not very healthy," he added.
The president has long railed against what he views as an overcrowding of jails tied to drugs. He has urged his Justice Department to focus more on violent offenses than incarcerating people for drug use.
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When a crisis hits, these 37 items will disappear off store shelves within hours... See If You Are Prepared
(Washington Examiner) Barack Obama in an interview released Sunday said that using marijuana was not that different from smoking cigarettes nor any more dangerous than drinking alcohol.
"As has been well documented, I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad habit and a vice, not very different from the cigarettes that I smoked as a young person up through a big chunk of my adult life," Obama said as part of an extensive profile published by the New Yorker on Sunday. “I don't think it is more dangerous than alcohol.”
However, Obama said he discouraged his own daughters from using the drug. "It’s not something I encourage, and I’ve told my daughters I think it’s a bad idea, a waste of time, not very healthy," he added.
The president has long railed against what he views as an overcrowding of jails tied to drugs. He has urged his Justice Department to focus more on violent offenses than incarcerating people for drug use.
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