> "As has been well documented, I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad habit and a vice, not very different from the cigarettes that I smoked as a young person up through a big chunk of my adult life," Mr Obama said.
>But he added that in terms of its impact on the individual consumer "I don't think it is more dangerous than alcohol".
> "As has been well documented, I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad habit and a vice, not very different from the cigarettes that I smoked as a young person up through a big chunk of my adult life," Mr Obama said. >But he added that in terms of its impact on the individual consumer "I don't think it is more dangerous than alcohol".