Richard Nixon Secretly Admitted Marijuana Is 'Not Particularly Dangerous,' New Tapes Reveal

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Two years after launching the War on Drugs, calling substance use "public enemy No. 1," President Richard Nixon privately acknowledged marijuana was "not particularly dangerous." The admission came during a March 1973 Oval Office meeting with aides and was captured on Nixon's secret recording ...

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