“I did. It's not something that I'm proud of. It was a mistake … But you know, I'm not going to. I never understood that line. The point was to inhale. That was the point.”

—  Barack Obama

When asked "Unlike other presidents, did you inhale?" http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/11/25/479649.aspx
2007

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