U.S. Presidents Involved in Drugs & Alcohol?

in Celebrities Politics by Bravo — January 6, 2010 |

It’s no secret that the White House has been endowed with illegal drug usage over the years: Marijuana, Cocaine, Alcohol, of course with a mistress on the side. Let’s take a look at our past Presidents alleged drug and alcohol affiliations. If we missed anything, add your contributions in the comment section below.

President Barack Obama

Before entering the politics game, Barack Obama wrote his first book “Dreams From My Father” (1995). In this book he admits to using marijuana and cocaine (“maybe a little blow”). He turned down heroin because he didn’t like how pushy they deal was. Check out the classic pictures of Obama in his college years.

Obama Admitting he Smoked Marijuana

President George W. Bush

The best President ever, sigh, George W. Bush has been linked to alcohol abuse, cocaine, and marijuana use, but none of this has been confirmed. Bush has refused to answer any questions about his past experimental drug usage.  St. Martin’s Press published a book in 1999 stating that Bush had been arrested for cocaine possession and that the record had been expunged. This book was recalled and pulled off the shelves after the author was convicted for attempted murder in 1988 and embezzlement in 1992. Also, there was discussion of Bush dropping out of the National Guard to avoid drug testing.

His alcohol problems are no secret. He describes his days before his religious conversion in his 40s as his “nomadic” period and “irresponsible youth” and admitted to drinking “too much” in those years.

President Bill Clinton

President Bill Clinton admitted he tried “pot,” but claims he didn’t inhale. Obama says that’s the point! Let’s take a look at Hillary and Bill in their hippie daze. Now try to deny using Marijuana, look at that hair. Also, after looking at Bill Clinton’s medical record summaries, apparently he suffers from a disease most common in coke heads, “perforated septum.”

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Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.

Kennedy was allegedly involved in the illegal importation and distribution of alcohol during Prohibition in the United States. After the Prohibition ended, Kennedy consolidated an even larger fortune when his company, Somerset Importers, became the exclusive American agent for Gordon’s Dry Gin and Dewar’s Scotch. Anticipating the end of Prohibition, he assembled a large inventory of stock, which he later sold for a profit of millions of dollars when Prohibition was repealed in 1933.

Franklin Roosevelt

Warren Delano, a young opium trader became rich with his strong business skills. In 1851, he settled in Newburgh, N.Y., where his daughter Sara married James Roosevelt, the father of Franklin Roosevelt. F.D.R. inherited the wealth, but it’s not clear how much F.D.R. really  knew about the source of his grandfather’s prosperity. Either way, he was the son of an opium trader.

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Honorable Mentions

We’ve heard allegations that President George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew marijuana and traded blends on their farms. Is this true? Well the facts don’t support it, but you never know.

Resources:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/24/world/americas/24iht-dems.3272493.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_P._Kennedy,_Sr.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_substance_abuse_controversy
http://wikiality.wikia.com/Drugs
http://www.doctorzebra.com/Prez/g35.htm
http://whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/cocaine.html
http://www.peele.net/lib/candidates.html
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2912/did-george-washington-and-thomas-jefferson-grow-marijuana

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