Another blow to Florida's name

[The Villages Guy]

Originally Posted by BucFan

guess you are that dense to not understand the difference between a college kid using experimental drugs and an elected official using drugs while in office.

I am all for legalizing drugs.

[BucFan]

The book describes his struggles as a young adult to reconcile social perceptions of his multiracial heritage.[40] He wrote that he used alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine during his teenage years to "push questions of who I was out of my mind".[41] Obama has said that it was a seriously misguided mistake. At the Saddleback Civil Presidential Forum Barack Obama identified his high-school drug use as his greatest moral failure.[42] Obama has stated he has not used any illegal drugs since he was a teenager.[43]

^ Schoenburg, Bernard (November 16, 2003). "Frank talk about drug use in Obama's 'open book'". The State Journal-Register. p. 17 (Editorial). Retrieved August 23, 2008.
reprinted by: National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), which was
reprinted by: Mark Greer's Media Awareness Project (MAP) d/b/a DrugSense (Irvine, Calif.)

[BucFan]

Obama had written in his first book, "Dreams From My Father" (1995), before entering politics, that he had used marijuana and cocaine ("maybe a little blow"). He said he had not tried heroin because he did not like the pusher who was trying to sell it to him.

In an interview here at a meeting of the American Society of Magazine Editors, Obama said he was not making light of the subject.

"It was reflective of the struggles and confusion of a teenage boy," he said. "Teenage boys are frequently confused."


http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/24/wo...2493.html?_r=0