Pot appears to be growing on Barack Obama. In a recent interview with The New Yorker's David Remnick, the admitted former pot-smoker said he doesn't think marijuana is more dangerous than alcohol "in terms of its impact on the individual consumer."<br /><br />"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. I don't think it is more dangerous than alcohol," Obama told Remnick.<br /><br />Smoking marijuana is ''not something I encourage, and I've told my daughters I think it's a bad idea, a waste of time, not very healthy,'' Obama said.<br /><br />Obama also noted he's bothered with the disproportionate number of arrests and imprisonments of minorities and the poor for marijuana use. "Middle-class kids don't get locked up for smoking pot, and poor kids do," he said. "And African-American kids and Latino kids are more likely to be poor and less likely to have the resources and the support to avoid unduly harsh penalties."<br /><br />The comments come on the heels of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's endorsement of medical marijuana use and recreational marijuana shops opening up for business in Colorado earlier this month.<br /><br />But could DC's relaxed attitude toward marijuana use spell doom for alcohol lobbyists? <br /><br />Is it high time Big Marijuana took over on Capitol Hill? Light us up with some comments. <br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Daily videos brought to you by THE Taiwanese Animators behind the infamous Tiger Woods animation. We got the funniest animations on the web to help you stay in-the-know on all the trending stories, so sit back, relax, and watch a few.<br /><br />Visit our channel for your daily dose of Taiwanese Animations:<br />https://www.youtube.com/user/NMAWorldEdition<br /><br />Wish all your news was animated? Subscribe now:<br />http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NMAWorldEdition<br /><br />Can't get enough of Taiwanese animations? Connect with us here:<br />Facebook http://www.facebook.com/NMAtv<br />Twitter @nmatv http://www.twitter.com/nmatv<br />Tumblr http://nmatv.tumblr.com<br />Google+ http://gplus.to/NMAtv<br />Web http://us.tomonews.net/category/lol
