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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWant A Good Laugh? Bill O'Reilly Passed On The Chance To Be The Marlboro Man In The 70s
"While I was covering the News in Denver, I was approached by a modeling agency to be the Marlboro guy dressed as a cowboy," he said on the "O'Reilly Factor" while lamenting the lack of a public health campaign warning about the dangers of weed.
He lauded the U.S. government's campaign against smoking tobacco, but said that the U.S. has taken the opposite approach to pot.
"Smoking marijuana is quite the opposite. Thats on the rise, as pot use is considered cool in many circles, and above all it is political correct," he said.
He then claimed that "smoking pot hurts the brain," referencing a new study published this week in the Journal of Neuroscience. The study found that marijuana use can cause abnormalities in certain parts of the brain.
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Want A Good Laugh? Bill O'Reilly Passed On The Chance To Be The Marlboro Man In The 70s (Original Post)
kpete
Apr 2014
OP
Considering the fate of Marlboro Men, they may have been trying to help us out
jmowreader
Apr 2014
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agbdf
(200 posts)1. I had heard this before
I read somewhere once about his being approached concerning this. Also, for once I can agree with him in saying, yes, pot does hurt your brain and lungs too.
Democracyinkind
(4,015 posts)2. "Politically correct"????? wtf
Hey Bimbo, you heard of those places that we pineheads call "prisons"? It's where most politically correct consumers hang out...
Prophet 451
(9,796 posts)3. He's probably lying
The man only ever tells teh truth by accident.
Blue Owl
(50,347 posts)4. Well, he sure knows how to blow smoke up the nation's ass
And lots of it...
Iggo
(47,548 posts)5. I don't believe him.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)6. He misheard. They wanted him to be...
...the Piltdown Man.
jmowreader
(50,553 posts)7. Considering the fate of Marlboro Men, they may have been trying to help us out
Dirty Socialist
(3,252 posts)8. He Was Smart to Pass That Up
He would probably be dead by now, or smoking through his windpipe.