Pubdate: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 Source: Calgary Herald (CN AB) Copyright: 2010 Canwest Publishing Inc. Contact: http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/letters.html Website: http://www.calgaryherald.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/66 Author: Meagan Fitzpatrick, Postmedia News Referenced: The anti-drug campaign http://mapinc.org/url/ZJevATIK Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Marijuana - Canada) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/Tories IGNATIEFF BLASTED AS TORIES LAUNCH ANTI-POT PROGRAM The launch of an anti-drug campaign by the federal government took a decidedly partisan turn Wednesday when Conservative MP Shelly Glover suggested Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff finds it acceptable for youth to smoke marijuana. Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq and Glover were announcing a new television and social media advertising campaign aimed at teenagers and Glover took the opportunity to make a jab at Ignatieff. "It's very disturbing as a parent, and as a police officer for almost 19 years, to hear the opposition, in fact the Liberal leader, say to our children that it is OK to take marijuana in small doses," the Manitoba MP said during her prepared remarks. She repeated her comment in French. Glover read a quote from Ignatieff where he said he supports the decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana and that he doesn't comment on the "personal lifestyle choices" of his friends or colleagues. "That tells my children that a leader in our country is OK if they're carrying small amounts of marijuana, it's OK if his colleagues are personally using, when the laws in this country clearly say it is illegal," Glover said. Ignatieff's office said Glover took the leader's quote out of context and omitted the last line of it where he said he does not want to legalize marijuana. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake