VIDEO: Presidential Candidate Gravel Tells Teens: "Marijuana Safer Than Alcohol"
EXETER, N.H. -- Democratic presidential candidate Mike Gravel told a group of high school students on Sunday that marijuana is safer than alcohol.
Speaking to a group of students at Phillips Exeter Academy, he said that he believes people should be able to buy marijuana in package stores.
"Alcohol is a heck of a lot worse than marijuana, and I'm sure a lot of you have tripped out on alcohol," Gravel said. "It's a lot safer to do it on marijuana."
Senator Mike Gravel
Gravel has called for the decriminalization of minor drug offenses and better treatment for abuses of hard drugs.
A spokeswoman for Phillips Exeter said that candidates are free to express their opinions.
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