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Are you kidding? The attorney general of the United States is on record saying the one thing that kept him from joining the KKK was their marijuana use, statin

Are you kidding? The attorney general of the United States is on record saying the one thing that kept him from joining the KKK was their marijuana use, stating that "decent people don't smoke marijuana." Public opinion may have shifted, but as far as the current White House is concerned, it's their way or the highway.

soundwave106 10y ago
For the record I've noticed the tone of reporting these days is a little different as well, personally. It is harder for people to demonize prescription drug abuse; you don't get quite as much of the broad stereotyping and Hollywood-ization that happened in the 1980s on this subject. Yes, some people cling to old-fashioned hardened attitudes. But if you look at Gallup's poll on drugs (http://www.gallup.com/poll/1657/illegal-drugs.aspx http://www.gallup.com/poll/1657/illegal-drugs.aspx), people are way more worried about prescription drugs and the related heroin epidemic these days. Way more than cocaine, certainly. It's not in the poll, but it's hard to remember when the last time the boogeyman of the 1980s (crack cocaine) came up in reports. Support for marijuana legalization stands at 60% now, compared to the 1980s where support was at 25%. There is a large age gap in support, in marijuana at least (http://www.gallup.com/poll/196550/support-legal-marijuana.aspx http://www.gallup.com/poll/196550/support-legal-marijuana.as... -- 55+ 45% support, 18-34 77% support). Although I'm sure harder stances will linger onward, as it has in the AG's mind, the AG's stance is increasingly looking out of touch.