In August, the Obama administration announced it would not stop Washington and Colorado from legalizing recreational marijuana use, marking a major step away from the administration's war on drugs.
In the New Yorker interview, Obama said he believes these new laws are "important."
“It's important for it to go forward because it’s important for society not to have a situation in which a large portion of people have at one time or another broken the law and only a select few get punished," he said.
据美国媒体1月19日报道,日前,美国总统奥巴马接受《纽约客》杂志专访,坦然提起自己年轻时曾吸食大麻的过往,并现身说法称“吸食大麻不会比喝酒更危险”。
***“大麻不比酒精危险”
“众所周知,我年少时曾吸食大麻。在我看来,这是一个不良习惯或者说恶习,但与我成年后吸了很长时间的香烟相比,没有迥然不同之处。”奥巴马说,“我不认为它比酒精危险。甚至就对个体消费者的影响而言,大麻的危险性比酒精更小。”
不过,奥巴马强调他不是在鼓励吸食大麻,“我已经告诫女儿们,我认为抽大麻是个坏主意,是在浪费时间而且不太健康”。
***“少数族裔更易受罚”
在美国,大麻合法化的呼声日益强烈。然而,奥巴马更为关注美国法律处理大麻相关指控时暴露出的不公平现象,即处罚大多落在少数族裔身上。
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