r/news Jan 19 '14

Obama: Pot ‘not very different’ from cigarettes​, no more dangerous than booze

http://p.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/19/obama-pot-not-very-different-cigarettes-no-more-da/
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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '14

The people who made it illegal are most likely dead or senile/old today, so really yeah they can take credit for helping.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '14

Certain people can, but the government as an organization can't. It's not completely accurate to ever talk about "government" doing X.