Alberto Gonzales, Former Bush Attorney General, Says He's 'OK' With People Getting High Legally [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Huffington Post

Alberto Gonzales, Former Bush Attorney General, Says He's 'OK' With People Getting High Legally
Posted: 12/07/2012 5:22 pm EST | Updated: 12/07/2012 11:15 pm EST

Alberto Gonzales, the former attorney general who served under George W. Bush, doesn't seem to have a problem if people in Washington and Colorado want to get high.

Speaking to CNN's Ashleigh Banfield on Friday, Gonzales said that he's "okay" with people legally smoking marijuana.

"Well, from my own perspective, if in fact the people in Colorado and Washington state want to smoke marijuana and it doesn't affect me, as a general matter, I'd say okay," he said.

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However, Gonzales quickly added the caveat that his view is "putting aside that we have a federal law" that prohibits the use of marijuana. Marijuana, along with heroin, peyote, and mescaline, among many other drugs, is considered a Schedule I controlled substance under the federal Controlled Substances Act.



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