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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 Did JFK Really Smoke Medical Marijuana While President of the United States? 🌿Did JFK Really Smoke Medical Marijuana While President of the United States?
Would it surprise you to know that one of the most respected of all U.S. Presidents, President John F. Kennedy, is rumored to have used medicinal cannabis while in the White House?
Kennedy, who was known to suffer from Addison’s disease, as well as severe chronic back pain, was rumored to smoke cannabis on occasion, with a number of recent reports claiming his use was an effort relieve the pain associated with his medical conditions.
While there is documentation of Kennedy’s usage of cannabis, the correlation with his reported medical conditions seems to lack the same documentary veracity.
According to an excerpt from “John F. Kennedy: A Biography”:
...“On the evening of July 16, 1962, according to [Washington Post executive] Jim Truitt, Kennedy and Mary Meyer smoked marijuana together. … The president smoked three of the six joints Mary brought to him. At first he felt
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