US DC: OPED: Politics Of Obama's Pot Promo

Washington Times, 03 Feb 2014 – Could Drugs Play a Role in ‘Fundamentally Transforming’ The Nation? First, President Obama says marijuana is “not very different from cigarettes” and no more “dangerous” than alcohol, just “a waste of time” and “not very healthy.” One imagines that he thinks of pot as somewhere between too many potato chips and fast driving.