NY Times Admits Pushing Legalized Weed Was a Mistake
3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary
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🗓️ 10 February 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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First, they’re pleasantly surprised to see the New York Times editorial board concede it was wrong to champion marijuana legalization while minimizing the harms of widespread weed use. Jim and Greg discuss data showing a surge in Americans using marijuana five or more times a week and how many states have effectively flipped sides in the drug war.
Next, they turn to Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s appearance on The View as he works to build national name recognition ahead of a likely 2028 presidential run. Beshear casts himself as a moderate, but Jim and Greg point to his opposition to proof-of-citizenship requirements for voter registration and his attempted veto of legislation banning transgender surgeries for minors. Jim explains how Democrats like Beshear try to hide behind their Republican legislatures to look moderate.
Then they groan as the deadline for running for Mayor of Los Angeles has come and gone and Mayor Karen Bass looks like a heavy favorite for re-election despite her disastrous performance. Is LA a lost cause or would it ever boot a Democrat from office.
Finally, they cringe as the sheriff of the largest county in North Carolina miserably fails to state how many branches of government we have and which one he is part of.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the three martini lunch. |
| 0:04.9 | Grab a stool next to Greg Carumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review. |
| 0:10.6 | Three martini's coming up. |
| 0:12.8 | Hey, really glad you're with us for the Tuesday edition of the Three Martini Lunch. |
| 0:16.6 | Thanks to Craig Collins for filling in for me yesterday. |
| 0:18.9 | So much to get to today. |
| 0:20.1 | So let's dive right into it first with our good martini. |
| 0:23.1 | And Jim, sometimes it's a good martini when bad things don't happen at all. |
| 0:27.4 | Sometimes the good martini, though, has to be people doing the wrong thing |
| 0:31.3 | and then later regretting it because they've honestly looked at the facts. |
| 0:34.8 | And sometimes that even includes the New York Times editorial page. So credit |
| 0:38.6 | where credit is due. You make this the lead story in your morning jolt today. The New York |
| 0:43.9 | Times regretting advocating for the legalization of marijuana. And they say in our editorials, |
| 0:50.6 | we described marijuana addiction and dependence as, quote, relatively minor problems. |
| 0:55.8 | Many advocates went further and claimed that marijuana was a harmless drug that might even |
| 0:59.9 | bring net health benefits. They also said that legalization might not lead to greater use. |
| 1:05.1 | It is now clear that many of these predictions were wrong. Legalization has led to much more use. |
| 1:10.0 | Surveys suggest that about 18 million people in the |
| 1:12.4 | United States have used marijuana almost daily or about five times a week in recent years. That's up from |
| 1:18.9 | around 6 million in 2012 and less than 1 million in 1992. More Americans now use marijuana |
| 1:26.1 | daily than alcohol. So Jim, it goes on to talk about how the Trump |
| 1:32.3 | administration has kind of downgraded marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule C in terms of addiction |
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