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The Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, is being featured in an advertising campaign promoting the legalisation of marijuana.
Posters carry a quote from Mr Bloomberg, who, when asked before he became mayor if he had ever smoked marijuana, said: "You bet I did. And I enjoyed it."

The Washington-based group behind the campaign, the National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), says it is "respectfully urging" Mr Bloomberg to stop arresting and jailing people who smoke the drug. But Mr Bloomberg said: "I'm not thrilled they are using my name. "I suppose there is that First Amendment that gets in the way of me stopping it," he added, referring to the US Constitution's guarantee of freedom of speech.

Mr Bloomberg made the remark about marijuana to New York magazine last year. Now, in a $500,000 campaign, his comments are to be emblazoned across bus shelters, telephone booths, billboards and a full-page advertisement in The New York Times.

The poster's slogan is: "It's NORML to Smoke Pot."

However, Mr Bloomberg said that all city laws on marijuana would continue to be enforced, no matter what he may have said in the past.



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Registered: Jul 2000
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the -It is NORML to smoke pot- thing is pretty funny - since the casual onlooker might think that NORML is not an acronym but a hilarious mispelling by someone who could be high.

Perhaps a satirical add for why not to smoke pot.

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