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Smoked pot recreationally, but kept it separate from work
Gore insisted as a presidential candidate in 1987 that his dope smoking was
"infrequent and rare." He said he smoked marijuana occasionally at Harvard,
"once or twice in the army," and "once or twice as a graduate student"
before quitting altogether in 1972. But Gore's friends say that he remained
an enthusiastic recreational user through the 1970s, during his newspaper
career and up until his first congressional campaign in 1976. They remember
him smoking dope as often as three or four times a week
Al Gore stoned was a mix of expansiveness and paranoia, friends recall. He
could be ironically humorous and self-aware about his lot as heir apparent
in a political family. But he was also worried about his bright future
literally going up in smoke.
For the most part, Gore kept his off-duty explorations and newspaper work
tidily partitioned. Most newsroom colleagues heard little about his
religious studies and saw no evidence of his drug use.
Source: Inventing Al Gore, p.101 Mar 3, 2000
Pot use in 60s was like moonshine in 20s
Vice President Al Gore said he used marijuana as a young adult. Gore said,
"it was looked at similar to the way moonshine was looked at during
Prohibition."
Source: New York Times, p. A19 Oct 13, 1999
Gore insisted as a presidential candidate in 1987 that his dope smoking was
"infrequent and rare." He said he smoked marijuana occasionally at Harvard,
"once or twice in the army," and "once or twice as a graduate student"
before quitting altogether in 1972. But Gore's friends say that he remained
an enthusiastic recreational user through the 1970s, during his newspaper
career and up until his first congressional campaign in 1976. They remember
him smoking dope as often as three or four times a week
Al Gore stoned was a mix of expansiveness and paranoia, friends recall. He
could be ironically humorous and self-aware about his lot as heir apparent
in a political family. But he was also worried about his bright future
literally going up in smoke.
For the most part, Gore kept his off-duty explorations and newspaper work
tidily partitioned. Most newsroom colleagues heard little about his
religious studies and saw no evidence of his drug use.
Source: Inventing Al Gore, p.101 Mar 3, 2000
Pot use in 60s was like moonshine in 20s
Vice President Al Gore said he used marijuana as a young adult. Gore said,
"it was looked at similar to the way moonshine was looked at during
Prohibition."
Source: New York Times, p. A19 Oct 13, 1999