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ciroccojChretien cracks me up sometimes. I can just see him thinking, "What are dey going to do - fire my ass? HA!"
WINNNIPEG - Prime Minister Jean Chretien says he doesn't know what it's like to smoke pot, but he may be willing to find out once it's no longer a criminal offence.
Mr. Chretien, 69, joked about trying marijuana in an Ottawa interview with the Winnipeg Free Press published in yesterday's paper.
On the eve of his last visit to the Manitoba capital as Prime minister, Mr. Chretien was asked how it felt to have bills to decriminalize marijuana and legalize same-sex marriages as the exclamation points to his political career.
"The decriminalization of marijuana is making normal what is the practice," replied Mr. Chretien. "It is still illegal, but do you think Canadians want their kids, 18 years old or 17, who smoke marijuana once and get caught by the police, to have a criminal record for the rest of their life?
"What has happened is so illogical that they are not prosecuted anymore. So let's make the law adjust to the realities. It is still illegal, but they will pay a fine. It is in synch with the times.
I don't know what is marijuana. Perhaps I will try it when it will no longer be criminal. I will have my money for my fine and a joint in the other hand."
On same-sex marriage, Mr. Chretien said he thinks it is better to err on the side of giving more rights than taking away rights.
The Canadian Press
WINNNIPEG - Prime Minister Jean Chretien says he doesn't know what it's like to smoke pot, but he may be willing to find out once it's no longer a criminal offence.
Mr. Chretien, 69, joked about trying marijuana in an Ottawa interview with the Winnipeg Free Press published in yesterday's paper.
On the eve of his last visit to the Manitoba capital as Prime minister, Mr. Chretien was asked how it felt to have bills to decriminalize marijuana and legalize same-sex marriages as the exclamation points to his political career.
"The decriminalization of marijuana is making normal what is the practice," replied Mr. Chretien. "It is still illegal, but do you think Canadians want their kids, 18 years old or 17, who smoke marijuana once and get caught by the police, to have a criminal record for the rest of their life?
"What has happened is so illogical that they are not prosecuted anymore. So let's make the law adjust to the realities. It is still illegal, but they will pay a fine. It is in synch with the times.
I don't know what is marijuana. Perhaps I will try it when it will no longer be criminal. I will have my money for my fine and a joint in the other hand."
On same-sex marriage, Mr. Chretien said he thinks it is better to err on the side of giving more rights than taking away rights.
The Canadian Press
