( MORE: 8 Things We Won’t Miss When Pot Is Legal Everywhere) But absent other indicators of dangerous and antisocial behavior - like driving while intoxicated - why should snorting coke be treated any differently than, say, drinking a beer? Yes, some substances are illegal (though as the case of marijuana shows, this status is subject to change).
Rather than arguing whether such figures are hypocrites (Radel voted in favor of mandatory drug testing for food-stamp beneficiaries) or debating how they should attempt damage control (he’s also pledged to enter a substance-abuse program after paying a fine and receiving a year’s probation), let’s ask a more basic question: What’s so scandalous about casual drug use? And Toronto’s city council has stripped Mayor Rob Ford of much of his power after it came out that he had smoked crack (never mind that Ford’s well-known drunken antics were not cause for such censure). Follow Representative Trey Radel, the Republican from Florida, a self-styled “ conservative voice” in Congress, has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of cocaine possession.
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