Arnold Schwarzenegger: Nice People Take Drugs
This card is one of a deck produced by Release to highlight politicians’ hypocrisy towards drug use.
Current Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger does what he feels like doing, yet locks people up for what they like doing. While fortunately for Arnie, cannabis has legally been decriminalised in California, citizens can still be jailed for years for the use of other substances.
He was filmed smoking a joint in the 1977 documentary "Pumping Iron" and claims that cannabis is not a drug, it's a "leaf".
Among his many accomplishments, Schwarzenegger also starred in an anti-drugs music video titles Stop the Madness in 1985.
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