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In a not terribly memorable race, there is one apparent novelty in this year's presidential election: This is the first in which both candidates are widely supposed to have used illegal druqs.

Vice President Al Gore has owned up to having smoked marijuana in the 1970s. Gov. George W. Bush is rumored to have been a cocaine user. He hasn't denied the allegation, saying only, "When I was young and irresponsible, I was young...