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Obama says marijuana 'no more dangerous than alcohol'
CNN ^ | Jan 19, 2014 | Kevin Liptak

Posted on 01/19/2014 10:49:34 AM PST by Innovative

Speaking to New Yorker editor David Remnick, Obama said he still viewed pot smoking negatively – but that on the whole, the drug wasn’t the social ill that it’s been viewed as in the past.

“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. I don’t think it is more dangerous than alcohol,” Obama told the weekly magazine.

The president said pot was actually less dangerous than alcohol “in terms of its impact on the individual consumer.”

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To: gatorhead

Didn’t know. Thanks for the heads up.


101 posted on 01/19/2014 9:00:07 PM PST by mom of young patriots
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To: gatorhead; mom of young patriots
“Bash” is gay code. Most people don’t use that word.

Nonsense. It's a perfectly good word.

102 posted on 01/19/2014 9:07:53 PM PST by Ken H (What happens on the internet, stays on the internet.)
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To: Ken H

Good point. The 1.7% doesn’t get to redefine words.


103 posted on 01/20/2014 8:06:17 AM PST by mom of young patriots
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To: Innovative

A fair number of FReepers are inclined to agree.


104 posted on 01/20/2014 8:25:16 AM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: gatorhead

It wasn’t an observation, it was documented by studies.


105 posted on 01/20/2014 10:24:50 AM PST by Patriotic1 (Dic mihi solum facta, domina - Just the facts, ma'am)
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To: Innovative
no more dangerous than...

If he means they're both dangerous, then broken clock syndrome. If he means neither is dangerous, then he's uninformed.

As a counselor for many years, alcohol is at the heart of a lot of bad that happens. My guess is that marijuana will be the same. The only reason there isn't big data to prove it is because it's been illegal for the most part. Hard to have people participate in studies of their illegal behavior.

106 posted on 01/20/2014 10:28:41 AM PST by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: Innovative

Great role model Obama is...

LOL! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3113441/posts


107 posted on 01/20/2014 12:55:30 PM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: Las Vegas Ron
And alcohol, and sex, and......

Neither alcohol nor sex require one to interface with drug dealers who will certainly try to "upsell" the customer to other narcotics!

And, I think it's just puritanical to suggest that sex is a vice. Around these parts we prefer to refer to it as "baby making". :)

108 posted on 01/21/2014 12:32:10 PM PST by The Duke ("Forgiveness is between them and God, it's my job to arrange the meeting.")
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To: The Duke

putiannical?

The Puritans pretty much required married couples to have sex and make babies. No babies or no sex were proper reasons for divorce.


109 posted on 01/21/2014 12:34:12 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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