Trump Says Weed Makes You Dumb, Leaked Audio Reveals

This article originally appeared on VICE US. President Trump said smoking weed makes people “lose IQ points” and get into accidents. And he's unsure whether the wave of marijuana legalization sweeping the country is “a good thing or a bad thing,” according to the leaked recording of a private dinner Trump held in 2018. But Trump’s son, Don Jr., piped up at that same dinner to assure the president that weed is less dangerous than booze. “Alcohol does much more damage,” Don Jr. said. “You don’t see people beating their wives on marijuana. It’s just different.” Trump’s skepticism about cannabis emerges from...