Bill Clinton Cracks Jokes About Marijuana, and Himself

Pot gaffes, dicey e-mails, and paid speeches are all fair game as the former president entertains his guests at CGI.

Bill Clinton Laughs About E-Mails

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Former President Bill Clinton, who still insists that he never inhaled, found himself in the middle of an irresistible pot joke Wednesday.

Speaking Wednesday at the Clinton Global Initiative America conference in Denver, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said he recently learned about a Wisconsin crop that generated $1 million per acre. This, Vilsack noted, is a remarkable amount of money “with the exception of the state of Colorado, and a few other states that have legalized another product,” a reference to legalized marijuana.