Obama's Attorney General Pick Doesn't Agree With Him That Pot Isn't Dangerous

Loretta Lynch tells the Senate, "I certainly don’t hold that view and don’t agree with that view of marijuana."

WASHINGTON — President Obama's pick to be the next Attorney General of the United States has a very different view from him when it comes to the dangers of marijuana.

At her Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday, Loretta Lynch — a federal prosecutor Obama hopes will replace outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder — told Alabama Republican Jeff Sessions that she disagrees with the president on pot.

Obama told the New Yorker last January "I don't think [marijuana] is more dangerous than alcohol."

He went on to say that pot may even be less dangerous than drinking.

Less dangerous, he said, "in terms of its impact on the individual consumer. It's not something I encourage, and I've told my daughters I think it's a bad idea, a waste of time, not very healthy."

Lynch told senators she doesn't feel the same way.

"I certainly don't hold that view and don't agree with that view of marijuana," she said.

Lynch also told Sessions she does not support the legalization of marijuana.

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