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Steny Hoyer: “I think that cigarette smoking is far more lethal and costly to the country and to human beings than is marijuana.”

On the recordMarch 19, 2024
I think that cigarette smoking is far more lethal and costly to the country and to human beings than is marijuana.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Hoyer argues that marijuana is less harmful than cigarettes, highlighting a contradiction in drug policy.

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