McDermott smoked marijuana at 'Grateful Dead' shows, vows to legalize if elected to U.S. Senate

[TexasTowelie]

HAMMOND — Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. (D) acknowledged Friday he smoked marijuana at two recent "Grateful Dead" concerts in Chicago, and pledged he will work to legalize marijuana nationwide if he's elected next year to the U.S. Senate.

The five-term leader of Lake County's most populous city described the Sept. 17 and 18 Dead & Company performances at Wrigley Field as "a lovely two days" of music and camaraderie, enhanced by the ability to use marijuana in a state where it is legal.

"Yeah, I went to a Grateful Dead show at Wrigley Field and I smoked weed," McDermott said. "And, by the way, I was driven there and I was driven home, I wasn't intoxicated, it was just a social thing."

McDermott said there was a certain novelty of going to a ballpark he's visited repeatedly over the years and seeing people smoking marijuana by the Chicago Cubs dugout.

Read more: https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/watch-now-mcdermott-smoked-marijuana-at-grateful-dead-shows-vows-to-legalize-if-elected-to/article_9d2bc03b-c759-5d5f-a8e5-3b88c36ad824.html
(Northwest Indiana Times)

[tirebiter]

1. I recommend just getting off schedule 1

Big Tobacco and Big Liquor are both just waiting for the opportunity to invest in and buy out the mom and pop pot clubs."

[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. I like everything about that story, and he really sounds like my kinda dude I gotta say ...