Old Friends Say Drugs Played Only Bit Part in Obamaâs Young Life
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Barack Obama has admitted to using illegal drugs as a teenager, but others remember him as a model of moderation.
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In honor of the first Democrat to win two terms as president since Franklin D. Roosevelt, members of many of the nation&#39;s past and present first families
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Former US Vice-President Al Gore says his son is getting treatment after being arrested for drug possession.
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Two generations of Kennedys  -  Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy and his son, Rep. Partrick Kennedy of Rhode Island  -  are endorsing fellow Democrat Barack Obama for president
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More than four million people younger under age 21 drove under the influence of drugs or alcohol last year, according to a government report released Wednesday. That's one in five of all Americans aged 16 to 20.
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The time Barack Obama spent in Manhattan in the early 1980s surfaces only fleetingly in his memoir, but some say he has taken some literary license in telling his story.
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Good news for ageing hippies: smoking pot may stave off Alzheimer's disease.
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Illinois Sen. Barack Obama spoke at a charity event about the possibility of a win by Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2008 presidential race and commented on the fatal police shooting of a 23-year-old in Queens, saying the 50 bullets that officers unloaded struck him as "excessive."
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In his votes as a state senator, Barack Obama sometimes sidestepped sensitive issues.
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Barack Hussein Obama grew up on the beaches of Hawaii and the streets of Indonesia. He was raised by his white mother and barely knew his African father. He experimented with drugs and seemed headed nowhere, yet ended up excelling at elite universities.
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A top adviser to Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign said that Democrats should give more thought to Sen. Barack Obama's admissions of illegal drug use before they pick a presidential candidate.
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Youngsters are using fewer illegal   drugs but a spike in use has been seen among older adults,   perhaps because a few aging baby boomers have clung to their   rebellious ways, according a U.S. substance abuse report   published on Thursday.
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Saying Barack Obama embodies political hope absent since Robert Kennedy was slain 40 years ago, three surviving members of the Grateful Dead rock band reunited on Monday for the first time in four years to back the presidential candidate.
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Senior Democrats ask former president to rein in his attacks on Barack Obama
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NASHUA, N.H., Jan. 8 -- Tobin Van Ostern came here for a party. The 19-year-old sophomore at George Washington University had spent three weeks devoted to Sen. Barack Obama -- in Washington, Des Moines and in Londonderry, N.H., where he knocked on 90 doors Tuesday afternoon. Election night was to be...
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GREENSVILLE, S.C.--When reporters filed onto Barack Obama's press plane after his acrimonious debate with Hillary Rodham Clinton last week, one thing was noticeably missing amid the wine and snacks on the Boeing 737. There was no high-level campaign spinner to argue that Obama had gotten the better...
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One element of Barack Obama's varied heritage has remained obscure - until now.