By Katie Mercogliano ‘14

Recently, President Obama came out and told The New Yorker magazine that he believes, “…  [marijuana usage is no] more dangerous than alcohol.” He is getting an absurd amount of backlash for the comments from several different news outlets about how he irresponsibly condoned marijuana use. Obama actually took the route most parents should take in warning their kids to not smoke marijuana by not over exaggerating the negative consequences of using it rather than just telling people more lies.

He did in fact explain that it was a bad habit and was not healthy, but also he realistically stated that it can’t  be categorized in the same group as hard drugs such as cocaine, meth and heroin. Obama pointing out that marijuana is no more dangerous than alcohol is just eliminating the fabrication most politicians in office tell when it comes to their views on marijuana.

Obama simply gave the public the truth and shouldn’t be criticized for it.