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In a very funny book published earlier this year, Sen. Al Franken's long passages on drug abuse are still funny, but they're also dark as hell. When it came to alcohol, the senator apparently grew up in a sort of puritanical family, so his first drink came freshman year of college. After that...

For the second time in as many days, U.S. Sen. Al Franken just added his name to a marijuana bill. On Tuesday, the Democratic lawmaker from Minnesota became the fifth cosponsor of legislation to allow cannabis cultivators and sellers operating in accordance with state laws to be taxed just...