Merle Haggard Quotes
'Cause I was already a smoker, it was easy to get addicted. The one thing that they don't teach you about marijuana is how addictive it is.
Haggard, Merle. Interview by Larry King. Larry King Live, CNN, 21 Aug. 2003.
The prestigious commission had been appointed in 1939 and had studied the problem for 5 years. The findings refuted many of the claims that had been made by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics.
Hearst personally wrote all the anti-drug editorials of his newspapers.
This type of statement made by otherwise respectable government officials has developed a view on the part of many Americans that the Government lies about marijuana. See {617560}and {593334}.
Describing his congressional colleagues use of the free mail privilege:
Merle Ronald Haggard was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.