Use of illegal drugs by politicians following prohibition

Politicians that have admitted to recreational use following prohibition include mayors, Governors, members of the House of Representatives, Senators, and Presidents. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_politicians_who_admit_to_cannabis_use

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Former Vice President of the United States Al Gore

President of the United States Barack Obama

Former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin

Former Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger

Name	Lifetime	Highest position	Party	Ref.
Bruce Babbitt	b. 1938	Governor of Arizona, Secretary of the Interior	Democratic	^[13]
Michael Bloomberg	b. 1942	Mayor of New York City	Independent	^[14]
Bill Bradley	b. 1943	Senator from New Jersey	Democratic	^[15]
George W. Bush	b. 1946	President of the United States	Republican	^[16]
Jack Conway	b. 1969	Attorney General of Kentucky	Democratic	^[17]
Paul Cellucci	b. 1948	Governor of Massachusetts	Republican	^[18]
Lincoln Chafee	b. 1953	Senator from Rhode Island, Governor of Rhode Island	Independent	^[19]
Lawton Chiles	1930–1998	Senator from Florida, Governor of Florida	Democratic	^[20]
Bill Clinton	b. 1946	President of the United States	Democratic	^[21]
Steve Cohen	b. 1949	Member of the House of Representatives	Democratic	^[22]
Andrew Cuomo	b. 1957	Governor of New York	Democratic	^[23]
Howard Dean	b. 1948	Governor of Vermont, Chair of the Democratic National Committee	Democratic	^[24]
Joseph DeNucci	b. 1939	Auditor of Massachusetts	Democratic	^[18]
Mary Donohue	b. ?	Lieutenant Governor of New York	Republican	^[25]
John Edwards	b. 1953	Senator from North Carolina	Democratic	^[24]
Newt Gingrich	b. 1943	Speaker of the United States House of Representatives	Republican	^[13]
Al Gore	b. 1948	Vice President of the United States	Democratic	^[26]
Gary Johnson	b. 1953	Governor of New Mexico	Libertarian	^[27]
Joseph Patrick Kennedy II	b. 1952	Member of the House of Representatives	Democratic	^[18]
John Kerry	b. 1943	Senator from Massachusetts	Democratic	^[24]
Ed Koch	1924–2013	Member of the House of Representatives, Mayor of New York City	Democratic	^[28]
Richard Lamm	b. 1935	Governor of Colorado	Democratic	^[29]
Connie Mack III	b. 1940	Senator from Florida	Republican	^[20]
Kyle E. McSlarrow	b. 1960	Deputy Secretary of the Department of Energy	Republican	^[30]
John Miller	b. 1938	Member of the House of Representatives	Republican	^[31]
Susan Molinari	b. 1958	Member of the House of Representatives	Republican	^[32]
Jim Moran	b. 1945	Member of the House of Representatives	Democratic	^[30]
Evelyn Murphy	b. 1940	Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts	Democratic	^[18]
Richard Neal	b. 1949	Member of the House of Representatives	Democratic	^[18]
Barack Obama	b. 1961	President of the United States	Democratic	^[33]
Sarah Palin	b. 1964	Governor of Alaska	Republican	^[34]
George Pataki	b. 1945	Governor of New York	Republican	^[23]
David Paterson	b. 1954	Governor of New York	Democratic	^[35]
Edward W. Pattison	1932–1990	Member of the House of Representatives	Democratic	^[36]
Claiborne Pell	1918–2009	Senator from Rhode Island	Democratic	^[13]
Arnold Schwarzenegger	b. 1947	Governor of California	Republican	^[37]
William Scranton	b. 1917	Governor of Pennsylvania, Ambassador to the United Nations	Republican	^[38]
Bill Thompson	b. 1953	New York City Comptroller	Democratic	^[39]
Peter G. Torkildsen	b. 1958	Member of the House of Representatives	Republican	^[18]
Rand Paul	b. 1963	Senator from Kentucky	Republican
Jesse Ventura	b. 1951	Governor of Minnesota	Independent	^[40]

Author: Jeffrey Dhywood

Jeffrey Dhywood is a European-born investigative writer, lecturer and public speaker, drug policy analyst, author of "World War D – The Case against prohibitionism, roadmap to controlled re-legalization" http://www.world-war-d.com/. Jeffrey Dhywood holds a degree in Mathematical logics (Model Theory). He lived 20 years in the US and is currently living in Latin America. He is also very familiar with Asia, which gives him a good grasp of the global dimension of the War on Drugs, and its global failure. His academic background and his direct experience allows him to bring common sense and sanity to an issue often mired in confusion, misconceptions and preconceptions. View all posts by Jeffrey Dhywood

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