A GOP U.S. senator is telling the prime minister of the United Kingdom to \u201cput down the bong\u201d and \u201cstop dipping into your ketamine stash\u201d over that nation\u2019s agreement to turn over authority of a British territory where a joint military base is stationed.<\/p>\n
In a series of Senate floor speeches in recent days, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) sharply criticized the Labour Party UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for reaching a deal with the Mauritian government to hand over control of the Chagos Islands, calling such a move a national security threat given the strategic positioning of the joint military base.<\/p>\n
Kennedy has repeatedly suggested that the decision was made under the influence of cannabis and ketamine\u2014despite the UK party leader\u2019s opposition to marijuana and drug policy policy reform.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to stop this deal,\u201d he said<\/a> late last month. \u201cPresident Trump and Secretary Rubio need to pick up the phone and call Prime Minister Starmer in the United Kingdom and say to the Prime Minister: Mr. Prime Minister, with all due respect, stop dipping into your ketamine stash. Put down the bong. We need this military base to combat China. Don\u2019t do it.\u201d<\/p>\n He made similar comments<\/a> last week, saying \u201cI want to see the Prime Minister do well, but he needs to put down the bong. He needs to put down the bong.\u201d<\/p>\n Prime Minister Keir Starmer told to \u201cput down the bong\u201d on the floor of the United States Senate. pic.twitter.com\/ZSX4s4DcaO<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Tom Harwood (@tomhfh) February 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n Moments later, however, he said, \u201cI don\u2019t mean any disrespect,\u201d and he said he \u201cshouldn\u2019t have said the \u2018bong\u2019 part. I take it back.\u201d<\/p>\n The use of stigmatizing language around cannabis use isn\u2019t especially surprising coming from Kennedy, who has opposed even modest marijuana reform proposals\u2014including<\/a> the Biden administration\u2019s rescheduling push.<\/p>\n But again, it seems like a somewhat misdirected attempt at an insult given that the prime minister doesn\u2019t even back drug policy reform, saying in 2023 that he had \u201cno intention\u201d of advancing laws to legalize or decriminalize marijuana.<\/p>\n \u201cOther countries will take different approaches they traditionally have, but our approach is settled and not really a subject of great debate even within the Labour Party,\u201d he said<\/a>.<\/p>\n In any case, attacks suggesting that marijuana use negatively impacts decision-making are nothing new in politics.<\/p>\n For example, ahead of the 2022 election, former South Carolina Rep. Katie Arrington (R), took a hit at U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) over her marijuana advocacy, accusing the congresswoman of being \u201chigh\u201d in a campaign ad<\/a>.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s New DEA Leader Has A \u2018Just Say No\u2019 Stance On Marijuana, Linking Cannabis Use To Suicide Risk And Schizophrenia<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n Photo courtesy of Mike Latimer.<\/em><\/p>\n The post GOP Senator Tells UK Prime Minister To \u2018Put Down The Bong\u2019 And Stop Using \u2018Ketamine Stash\u2019 As He Criticizes British Territory Agreement<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n
A GOP U.S. senator is telling the prime minister of the United Kingdom to \u201cput down the bong\u201d and \u201cstop dipping into your ketamine stash\u201d over that nation\u2019s agreement to turn over authority of a British territory where a joint military base is stationed. In a series of Senate floorContinue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":458,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18,81,126],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80203"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/458"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80203"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80204,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80203\/revisions\/80204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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