Rep. Cohen Invokes Philip Seymour Hoffman During Hearing on Marijuana Use

Dem Rep. Invokes Philip Seymour Hoffman During Hearing on Marijuana Use (Mediaite)

President Obama recently revived the debate over the War on Drugs when he said that marijuana is less dangerous than alcohol and got rather candid about the racial disparity of drug arrests. So Congress held a hearing Tuesday on marijuana policy, and to make a point about the harmful effects of certain drugs over others, Democratic congressman Steve Coheninvoked the death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who was found with a needle in his arm on Sunday.

Under current laws, both heroin and marijuana are classified as Schedule I drugs. When it was Cohen’s turn to grill Michael Botticelli, the Deputy Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, he made it quite clear how crazy he thinks that is.