Can 'sorry' Save Crack-Smoking Toronto Mayor Rob Ford?
Can 'sorry' save crack-smoking Toronto mayor Rob Ford?
But until last week, Rob Ford, the mayor of multicultural, eco-conscious, politically correct Toronto, had fiercely denied the story of a video that showed him smoking crack cocaine. "You asked me a question back in May … But he has steadfastly …
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Drugs in France: a repressive policy and high cannabis usage
Of the 50,092 people convicted of drug offences in France in 2011, 58% were guilty of drug usage and 30% of convictions resulted in a prison sentence (either custodial or suspended). Possessing or acquiring narcotics accounted for 20% of drugs-related …
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Toronto's crack-smoking mayor confronts new drunken video
Rob Ford, who admitted earlier this week that he had smoked crack cocaine while on a drunken binge, said he had been “extremely, extremely inebriated” when the video was shot. “It's extremely embarrassing and I don't know what to say,” Ford told …
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Toronto's Rob Ford: A look at the hedonist, populist mayor
In confessing to having once smoked crack cocaine — albeit “probably in one of my drunken stupors” — the rambunctious mayor of Canada's largest city appeared unusually contrite. Since he was elected in 2010, Rob Ford has starred in multiple escapades …
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