Pot-smoking Mountie can't smoke in uniform, RCMP says

"ShepherdsDog" said
it wouldn`t be safe to leave doughnuts unattended in the detachment

His prescription allows for three grams a day, which he estimates to be nine to 15 joints

"1Peg" said


9-15 joints for 3 grams..... All he's smoking is paper. lol

There’s no policy in the RCMP that says I cannot smoke in public. I have the right to smoke it in my red serge.”

An RCMP officer smoking marijuana while in uniform “sets a very poor example for Canadians,” Justice Minister Peter MacKay said Thursday.
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Given the Conservative government’s tough stance on drugs, the notion that a weed-smoking cop is employed by the RCMP is somewhat ironic. In the last few months, the Conservative government has come down hard on Justin Trudeau for advocating legalization and admitting to smoking pot himself at a party after being elected to Parliament.
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It also comes as Parliament prepares to debate a crack down on a drug of another sort: alcohol. The NDP has tabled a private member’s bill to allow police to conduct random breathalyzer testing at roadblocks, regardless of whether the driver shows signs of impairment.

“My observation is the same as for politicians, police: They fall in a similar category in the sense that it sets a very poor example to flout the law,” MacKay said

According to the RCMP, “any member on a mind-altering drug — such as marijuana, OxyContin (and) Dilaudid — is not permitted to perform operational duties, including carrying a firearm or operating a police vehicle

"Curtman" said

What about our PM and the Finance Minister advertising for Guinness while on official taxpayer funded business?

"Gunnair" said

What about our PM and the Finance Minister advertising for Guinness while on official taxpayer funded business?

The report, Strategies to Reduce Alcohol-Related Harms and Costs in Canada: A Comparison of Provincial Policies, was published Wednesday by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

Lead author Norman Giesbrecht, a senior scientist at CAMH, said it is mind-boggling how lax harm-reduction policies are across the country.

Giesbrecht’s report, which notes 80 per cent of Canadians drink, ranks provinces on 10 key harm-reduction policies, including pricing, availability, marketing, legal drinking age and warning labels.
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Alcohol accounted for 8 per cent of all deaths (under 70 years old) and 7 per cent of all hospital stays in 2002, and between 1996 and 2010, total consumption increased by 13 per cent.