Schwarzenegger says marijuana not a drug

by mtippett | October 29, 2007 at 08:52 am

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If you've never watched Pumping Iron you should. It gives a brilliant window into the mind of the man who is now running California.

LONDON - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says marijuana is not a drug, a British magazine reported Monday. But his spokesman said the governor was joking.

Schwarzenegger told the British edition of GQ magazine that he had not taken drugs, even though the former bodybuilder and Hollywood star has acknowledged using marijuana in the 1970s and was shown smoking a joint in the 1977 documentary "Pumping Iron."

"That is not a drug. It's a leaf," Schwarzenegger told GQ. "My drug was pumping iron, trust me."