NYT: Nixon Knew

Pot Was ‘Not Particularly Dangerous.’

Nixon Started the War on Drugs. Privately, He Said Pot Was ‘Not Particularly Dangerous.’

President Richard Nixon’s remarks were captured on his secret White House recording system but had eluded the notice of leading Nixon era historians until now.

By Ernesto Londoño

• Sept. 14, 2024

Two years after former President Richard M. Nixon launched a war on drugs in 1971, calling substance use the nation’s “public enemy No. 1,” he made a startling admission during a meeting in the Oval Office.

Speaking to a small group of aides and advisers at the White House in March 1973, Nixon said he knew that marijuana was “not particularly dangerous.” Read More…

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