After sparring with 2 Chainz, Nancy Grace debates pot with Dr. Drew
On the heels of her endlessly entertaining debate with rapper 2 Chainz over the legalization of recreational marijuana, Nancy Grace picked up the anti-pot argument on Tuesday with fellow HLN host Dr. Drew.
Dr. Drew argued that the legal sale of weed is a good thing for those who believe marijuana is dangerous, because states that reap the benefits of pot tax revenues could use that money to fund more drug rehabilitation programs. Grace countered that such logic is "bass ackwards."
"When you don't know a horse, Drew, look at his track record," Grace said. "Of all the years I've prosecuted — and now — add on all these years I've been on air, never once has the federal government, or state governments for that matter, said, 'You know what? Let's don't spend all these millions of dollars on pork. Let's try to rehab people. Let's do that, let's put our money into rehab.' It ain't happenin', Drew!"
Grace then demanded that HLN's producers stop airing footage of marijuana users smoking and rolling joints as she spoke and instead show photos of her and Dr. Drew.
"Could you please come to me for a minute and quit showing a big, fat doobie?" Grace asked before continuing her rant.
"Politicians are not going to give money to rehab!" Grace shouted.
Dr. Drew said the attention the public pays to alcohol addiction doesn't match the moral outrage over marijuana.
"So my choices are: My babysitter can be stoned on pot or high on reefer or alcohol?" Grace suggested. "How about a straight babysitter who isn't stoned on anything?"
During her debate with 2 Chainz earlier this month, the HLN host cited several recent cases that involved marijuana, including that of a 3-year-old Colorado girl who died in a mobile home fire while her parents were allegedly drinking and smoking pot outside.
Grace then asked the 37-year-old rapper how he could support legalization when he hears stories like those.
“From the story I just heard you talk about, they had alcohol included, which we all know causes you to black out, forget things and have memory loss,” the rapper said. “They also dealt with irresponsible people. I don’t think you could put an umbrella on the whole community off these few incidents that you just named.”
“I’m not defining everybody, OK?” Grace responded. “So don’t throw me in that pot and stew me. What I’m saying is, legalizing pot ends up in stories like this. And you, with so many people looking up to you, advocate legalization of pot. And I don’t get it. I mean, I’ve seen video of you smoking a big, fat doobie. I mean, I’ve read your lyrics. I know what you say in your songs.”
