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DAs fight bid to ease penalty for marijuana

GAVE IT A SHOT Middlesex DA Gerry Leone (left) admits he smoked pot years ago. 'I tried it once, and it wasn't something I was ever into.' GAVE IT A SHOT Middlesex DA Gerry Leone (left) admits he smoked pot years ago. "I tried it once, and it wasn't something I was ever into."
By David Abel
Globe Staff / October 20, 2008

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As a student at Stonehill College, Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley found himself in a room with guys passing around a bong. "When it came to me, I inhaled so hard that it burned my lungs," he says. "I don't want to sound Clintonesque; I inhaled, but I couldn't handle it." (Full article: 1230 words)

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