Gerald Ford became the first modern commander in chief to confront the dope revolution after his 23-year-old son Jack admitted in an October 1975 interview that he had smoked pot.
Former President Gerald Ford became the first commander in chief in modern memory to confront the dope revolution after his son admitted in an October 1975 interview that he had smoked pot.“I’ve smoked marijuana before and I don’t think that’s so exceptional for people growing up in the 1960s,” the younger Ford told the Portland-based Oregonian newspaper, attempting to air out the news early to blunt any effect it could have on his father’s 1976 campaign.
“I’ve smoked marijuana before and I don’t think that’s so exceptional for people growing up in the 1960s,” Gerald Ford’s 23-year-old son Jack told the Portland-based Oregonian.Both Powell and White House adviser Hamilton Jordan were also investigated in 1979 by the FBI for allegedly snorting coke at New York City’sMore famously, country legend Willie Nelson bragged about firing up “a big, fat Austin torpedo” on the White House roof late in Carter’s tenure.
“In the 1980s, President Reagan withdrew the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Douglas Ginsburg because of reports that Ginsburg had smoked marijuana during his time as a Harvard faculty member,” according to Troy.“This is crack cocaine, seized a few days ago by drug enforcement agents in a park just across the street from the White House,” Bush said inon his administration’s drug policy. “It’s as innocent-looking as candy, but it’s turning our cities into battle zones.
Reagan’s vice president was equally severe after ascending to the presidency in a televised address from the Oval Office, holding up a clear plastic bag of crack cocaine to speak of its dangers to the American public.. Clinton’s younger half-brother Roger pleaded guilty to cocaine possession and drug trafficking in 1985 after his arrest in a sting operation. He served more than a year in jail, and got a pardon from his powerful relative on Bill’s last day in office.
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