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The subscription service is currently unavailable. Please try again later.Prime Minister Stephen Harper took a couple of grillings about drugs this week.
First, CKNW Radio's John McComb sparred with the Conservative candidate on marijuana and the party’s tough-on-crime positions that include mandatory minimum sentences for people caught growing pot plants.
The following day, Harper faced questions about former Toronto mayor Rob Ford, his brother, Doug, and their family’s public support for the Conservatives.
McComb’s interview, which aired on October 13, covered a number of topics. On marijuana, he began by asking about a claim Harper made about pot being “infinitely worse” than tobacco.
Harper doubled down on that statement and then directed McComb to “the science” that supports it.
“Can you point to any science?” McComb asked.
Harper could not.
“Not just on smoking,” he replied, “the health effects look up. Let Health Canada speak on that, the health effects, the medical community tell you, health how the...
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