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| Eugene |
from www.abcnews.com
"Mayor Michael Bloomberg stares out from the full-page ad in The New York Times, a quote bubble emerging from his mouth.
The quote: 'You bet I did. And I enjoyed it.'
The question: whether he had ever smoked marijuana.
Bloomberg's remark, made to a New York magazine reporter last year before he was elected mayor, has become the centerpiece of an advocacy group's advertising campaign urging New York City to stop arresting and jailing people for smoking marijuana.
The $500,000 campaign will feature bus shelter signs and telephone booth posters carrying the quote, the Washington-based National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws said Monday. It also includes radio spots and the Times ads, the first of which appeared in Tuesday's editions.
Bloomberg said Monday that the city would continue making such arrests, no matter what he may have said in the past.
'I'm not thrilled they're using my name,' he said. 'I suppose there's that First Amendment that gets in the way of me stopping it.'
The mayor didn't say when he smoked marijuana." |
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| biznology |
| thats interesting, but we will have to wait to see if anyting actually happens. cool cause its NYC tho - someone big would have to start this ! pecker, junk/ |
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| Eugene |
Another source: www.nbcnews.com
'I ENJOYED IT’
THE NORML FOUNDATION, a group calling for the legalization of marijuana, said on Monday it would launch a $500,000 campaign featuring a statement by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, made to a magazine before he was elected, that he smoked pot and enjoyed it.
The mayor, just over 100 days into his term, doesn’t seem too pleased about the campaign.
“I’m not thrilled,” said Bloomberg, when asked about it during a City Hall press conference. He added that all city laws on marijuana would continue to be enforced.
Asked if he had ever smoked marijuana, the billionaire entrepreneur with a reputation for socializing was quoted in the April 16, 2001, issue of New York magazine as saying, “You bet I did, and I enjoyed it.”
The NORML Foundation said the ads respectfully urge Bloomberg to stop arresting and jailing the city’s pot smokers and will be seen on transit-system billboards, telephone kiosk posters and in a full page ad in The New York Times. |
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| JohnSmith |
| Legalize Weed Today! |
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| davinox |
Legalize weed, put a big tax on it, and GIVE US TAX RELIEF.
there, everyone's happy. |
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| JohnSmith |
yeah, in canada..
so all you americans can come down here and pay canadian money for it!
we need it now after you screwed us with the softwood lumber thing..
but, i don't want to get into that.. i know it wasn't your fault. |
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| Eugene |
| quote: | Originally posted by JohnSmith
yeah, in canada..
so all you americans can come down here and pay canadian money for it!
we need it now after you screwed us with the softwood lumber thing..
but, i don't want to get into that.. i know it wasn't your fault. |
well, it's not like weed is legal in Canada...
don't try to fool me... ;) |
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| DuMonde TrAnCeR |
| dont like weed meself, but maybe if it was legal then all them 12 year olds would stop thinkin they were cool for smokin it... |
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| Excite |
| anyone see the Simpson last Sunday? Homer smoked his medical marijuana. |
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| Trancer-X |
| quote: | Originally posted by Eugene
'You bet I did. And I enjoyed it.' |
He admit to it? Nice! |
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| tranceDJ |
I read the article on Yahoo and here's what the last line was: In 2000, there were 52,000 arrests for minor marijuana violations, compared with 2,000 in 1992.
Crazy , they NEED to legalize it!! |
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| biznology |
| quote: | Originally posted by tranceDJ
I read the article on Yahoo and here's what the last line was: In 2000, there were 52,000 arrests for minor marijuana violations, compared with 2,000 in 1992.
Crazy , they NEED to legalize it!! |
but with that, remember it hasnt necessarily increased - there have just been more arrests. waste of money on cops prolly...late/ |
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