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Obama, Drugs and Everyone Else

by Froma Harrop

And so Barack Obama tells high school kids in New Hampshire that he "made some bad decisions" at their age. He "experimented" with pot and cocaine. This is old news — but even if it were new news, it would be ho-hum in today's politics.

After all, drug use has proven no bar to high office — at least for those who evaded arrest. Vice President Al Gore, ex-House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas have all admitted to smoking po ...

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Posted by: John Thomas
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Thu Dec 6, 2007 12:00 AM

Good article. However, I think Obama has made it pretty clear he is after control of the power structure as it sits, just like all the "front runners." Too much of the current organization of U.S. power is built on marijuana prohibition. It corrupts almost everyone who vies for great power. The few presidential candidates who have remained free from the corruption are Kucinich, Paul and Gravel. Unfortunately, integrity doesn't sell that well these days.

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