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Marijuana smokers can end up in the big house or the White House.

The last three American presidents have taken three different approaches to questions about their familiarity with marijuana. Bill Clinton told the preposterous tale that he attempted to get high but couldn't manage to inhale the smoke into his lungs. George W. Bush never publicly acknowledged using illegal drugs but was surreptitiously recorded telling a friend why he had kept quiet. He didn't want children to think smoking marijuana was OK. Barack Obama has been the most candid. Obama's response to the drug question in 2006 mocked Clinton's failed attempt to seem both edgy and innocent. "When I was a kid, I inhaled," Obama said. "That was the point." [read the full story here]

Times-Picayune, Monday, April 21, 2014
Tags: General, Louisiana
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