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Drug use
In a voter poll conducted earlier this year for Fox News, 69
percent of those surveyed wanted to know about a presidential candidate's past cocaine use and 41 percent said they cared if the candidate had used marijuana. Here is what the major presidential candidates have said about their past drug use.
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Bill Bradley
(Democrat)
Admits he used marijuana as a young adult.
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Al Gore
(Democrat)
Admits he used marijuana as a young adult. He said of the experience, "It was looked at similar to the way moonshine was looked at during Prohibition."
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Gary Bauer
(Republican)
Denies ever having used illegal drugs.
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George W. Bush (Republican)
Has been hounded by reports of cocaine use during his youth. A recent Bush biography by author J.H. Hatfield includes an uncorroborated account of a 1972 drug arrest, an allegation Bush has denied. However, Bush will not flatly state that he never used illegal drugs. He has deflected such questions on grounds of privacy and has said he was once "young and irresponsible." However, he has stated that he could have passed the FBI background checks his father imposed on employees during his administration, which required employees to be drug-free since 1974.
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Steve Forbes
(Republican)
Denies ever having used illegal drugs.
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Orrin Hatch (Republican)
Denies ever having used illegal drugs.
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Alan Keyes (Republican)
Denies ever having used illegal drugs.
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John McCain (Republican)
Denies ever having used illegal drugs.
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Pat Buchanan (Reform Party)
Denies ever having used illegal drugs.
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Campaign coverage of the drug use issue
Question addresses tactics in drug war, By Farah Stockman, Globe Staff, 11/3/2000
The money behind Question 8, By Alex Beam, Globe Staff, 11/2/2000 -OPINION
Question 8: Lines drawn over drug war's spoils, By Farah Stockman, Globe Staff, 10/29/2000
Misguided effort on drugs, Globe editorial, 10/24/2000
For police, drug war extends to ballot box, By Tina Cassidy, Globe Staff, 10/24/2000
Older voters focusing on drug costs, By Raja Mishra, Globe Staff, 10/3/2000
Drug industry could use a pill to make this campaign go away, By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press, 10/2/2000
Bush's flawed Rx plan, Globe editorial, 9/7/2000 -OPINION
Campaign Notebook: Nader differentiates between hemp, marijuana, Globe Staff and Wires, 9/6/2000
Why are prescription drugs so expensive? Follow the money in politics, By Bernard Sanders, 8/7/2000 -OPINION
Gore proposes $500 million to treat addicted inmates, By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff, 5/3/2000
Apart from personal use, the issue of drugs has stayed in the shadows, By John Donnelly, Globe Staff, 3/5/2000
Crime and drugs the topic in South Carolina, By Yvonne Abraham, Globe Staff, 2/9/2000
Gore denies he was regular marijuana smoker in mid-1970s, Associated Press, 1/24/2000
Florida lawyer runs TV ad that alleges Bush had alcohol, cocaine problem, Associated Press, 12/21/1999
Gore stakes out higher ground on the war on drugs, By Derrick Z. Jackson, Globe Columnist, 11/19/1999 -OPINION
Bush denies allegation of '72 drug arrest in book, By Michael Kranish, Globe Staff, 10/20/1999
Dole vows to boost US role in drug fight, By Ben Fox, Associated Press, 10/8/1999
Elder Bush weighs in on son, By Alice Ann Love, Associated Press, 9/13/1999
Come clean, Governor Bush, Globe editorial, 8/29/1999 -OPINION
Bush's record steadily tough on drug users, By Mary Leonard, Globe Staff, 8/26/1999
Querries of drug use dog Bush, By Mary Leonard, Globe Staff, 8/20/1999
Bush tries to dismiss a query on drugs, By Michael Holmes, Associated Press, 8/19/1999
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