Word: marijuana
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...clamor that Ginsburg cited had stemmed from his admission that he smoked marijuana as a college student in the 1960s and as a law professor reportedly as late as 1979. Marijuana "was the only drug I ever used," he said in response to inquiries. "I have not used it since. It was a mistake, and I regret...
...into major questions about his fitness to serve. His admission that he smoked pot should not have been an automatic disqualification. If it were, the ranks of Government might be devastated. The National Institute on Drug Abuse has reported that more than 23% of the adult population has used marijuana, including a staggering 64% of those ages 18 to 25. Indeed, two Democratic presidential candidates, Albert Gore and Bruce Babbitt, were prompted to admit that they too had tried pot years ago. Similar confessions came from Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island and conservative Republican Congressman Newt Gingrich of Georgia...
...number of lives saved. Michigan Democratic Congressman John Dingell accused Ginsburg of destroying drafts of a letter on Government antitrust policy while he was at the Justice Department. Ginsburg countered that the drafts were prepared by his staff without his approval. Without the admission that he had smoked marijuana, it is unlikely that these minor accusations would have derailed Ginsburg's nomination. But his qualifications were certain to undergo critical scrutiny by an American Bar Association committee. During his confirmation for the D.C. Appeals Court, the A.B.A. had rated Ginsburg only as "qualified," the lowest of three passing grades...
...into Hull's activities began two weeks ago, when the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics and International Affairs opened hearings in Washington to probe U.S. Government loans to Hull and examine charges that contra suppliers operating from Hull's ranches had been flying shipments of cocaine and marijuana into the U.S. Said Subcommittee Special Counsel Jack Blum: "We will continue hearings into the question of how the ((contras')) war was used as a cover for narcotics operations...
...Marijuana use wrecks Douglas Ginsburg' s Supreme Court omination. -- Caspar Weinberger retires, and the Pentagon gets Frank Carlucci, a battlewise bureaucrat less leery of compromise. -- Homely but authentic, Paul Simon is moving ahead in the Democratic presidential race. -- Winds of change in Mississippi...