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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsToronto Mayor Rob Ford: I Was Drunk But Never High at Work
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/toronto-mayor-rob-ford-i-was-drunk-never-high-work-n146556Toronto Mayor Rob Ford said Wednesday that he's used plenty of drugs but has only boozed in his City Hall office. In an interview with Canadian broadcasters CBC and CP24 two days after he returned to work from rehab, Ford confirmed he was smoking crack in a photo that surfaced in April, months after he vowed he was sober. Asked during one interview whether he had used pot, cocaine, and even heroin, the mayor nodded and said, "You name it...I had a severe problem." In another, he clarified that he had used hallucinogenic mushrooms but not heroin. He said all his drug use was "on personal time" but conceded being "under the influence of alcohol while at work."
Ford, who is running for re-election, refused to answer several questions including whether he will submit to drug testing, whether he will cooperate with a criminal investigation into former associates and the nature of his relationship with a rehab buddy arrested for driving his car while impaired. The interviews came a day after a shirtless jogger heckled Ford during his first public appearance since rehab.
Ford, who is running for re-election, refused to answer several questions including whether he will submit to drug testing, whether he will cooperate with a criminal investigation into former associates and the nature of his relationship with a rehab buddy arrested for driving his car while impaired. The interviews came a day after a shirtless jogger heckled Ford during his first public appearance since rehab.
Well, that's OK, then. What big-city mayor hasn't boozed in his office?
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford: I Was Drunk But Never High at Work (Original Post)
KamaAina
Jul 2014
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Why should being drugged up at work be of concern, it is just alcohol after all, not grass or crack.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2014
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onehandle
(51,122 posts)1. Hey! Me too.
What? Is that a problem?
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)2. What city are you mayor of?
Can I move there?
onehandle
(51,122 posts)4. I work the dials at a nuclear plant.
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Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)5. Why should being drugged up at work be of concern, it is just alcohol after all, not grass or crack.
I think Ford left rehab WAY too early.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)3. Alcohol, the preferred drug of responsible citizens everywhere.