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McGuinty, Hampton Admit to Past Marijuana Use!
Posted by FoM on April 28, 1999 at 20:36:23 PT
Liberal, NDP Leaders Urge Decriminalization
Source: CFDP
TORONTO Both Ontario's opposition leaders admitted yesterday to smoking marijuana in the past, and urged that possession of the drug be decriminalized.
The admissions from Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty and NDP Leader Howard Hampton came immediately after Premier Mike Harris vowed that his Progressive Conservative government's zero-tolerance policy on crime will continue to include the drug. Mr. McGuinty, who says he experimented with marijuana as a teen, and Mr. Hampton, who says he tried it in university, want possession of marijuana handled outside the Criminal Code.  Mr. Harris, who is expected to call an election within weeks, says he ``found booze a little more attractive'' than marijuana as a youth and does not condone drug use today.  Asked whether he had ever inhaled, Mr. Harris, 54, replied: ``No, I haven't. But I grew up in an age where we tried all these things. I found booze a little more attractive to me.'' Click this link for the complete article!http://www.cfdp.ca/cita99.htmCanadian Foundation for Drug Policy Home Page!http://www.cfdp.ca/default.htm
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