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Barack Obama: I do not think it is more dangerous than alcohol.

On the recordApril 29, 2014
I do not think it is more dangerous than alcohol.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

The President compares marijuana's danger to alcohol, undermining anti-drug efforts.

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