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I was searching for Bloomberg's views on weed and came across this:
First, he doesn't believe that MJ has any medical benefits, which is completely false.
Second is the absurd argument that legalizing weed would force weed dealers to sell harder drugs, which sounds like some sort of gateway theory for drug dealers.
This is a great example of a smart person believing something incredibly stupid due to his dumb prejudices.
Former Pot Smoker Mayor Bloomberg Calls Medical Marijuana a “Hoax,” Opposes Recreational Legalization – Reason.com
"Yeah, right, medical, come on," said Bloomberg. "There's no medical. This is one of the great hoaxes of all times."
The mayor has admitted to smoking weed in the past, and enjoying it, but that was a long time ago.
"The bottom line is, I'm told marijuana is much stronger today than it was 20 or 30 years ago," [Bloomberg said].
Bloomberg's opposition to medical and recreational marijuana is two-fold: first, his belief that the drug is stronger now.
"And number two, drug dealers have families to feed," he said. "If they can't sell marijuana, they'll sell something else. And the something else is gonna be worse. And, the push to legalize this is just wrongheaded."
First, he doesn't believe that MJ has any medical benefits, which is completely false.
Second is the absurd argument that legalizing weed would force weed dealers to sell harder drugs, which sounds like some sort of gateway theory for drug dealers.
This is a great example of a smart person believing something incredibly stupid due to his dumb prejudices.
Former Pot Smoker Mayor Bloomberg Calls Medical Marijuana a “Hoax,” Opposes Recreational Legalization – Reason.com