Rob Ford Quotes
I used crack cocaine probably in one of my drunken stupors
Ford had a very serious case of alcoholism. This led him to offer a very original, but not very effective public defense of his using crack cocaine—namely that he was too drunk to know what he was doing.
Robert Bruce ‘Rob’ Ford, Mayor of Toronto, Canada, Admission to Voters, McVeigh, Karen "Toronto mayor Rob Ford admits using crack cocaine in a 'drunken stupor'". The Guardian, November 5, 2013
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Most people are more familiar with his public statement after his loss: {627900}.
The reason that this is a noteworthy quotation is that it illustrates a problem of alcohol and other drug prevention. Specifically, the “fact” that is the message of the billboard is not correct and exaggerates the danger. The general problem is well-intentioned but inaccurate and misleading information provided to the public. When the public, especially young people, discover that the government or the other organization urging the public to eschew drugs is not telling the truth, they not only tend of disbelieve all anti-drug messages and believe that the warnings given are just part of politics or prudish elements of the society. In this case, many young people and adults have seen or know people who were heroin addicts and are no longer. They are not hooked for life. Worse, a single dosage of heroin does not per se inevitably cause addiction. There have been people who used heroin once, continued to use and became addicts. But there are many more who have tried heroin once or twice who did not become addicted. The real risk is that if someone tries heroin once, he/she may become one of those who goes on and gets hooked. The billboard message is “WILL” and the truth is “MAY”.
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York. Alcohol is medically and scientifically a drug and an addicting drug at that. The Jehovah's Witnesses also shun alcohol for that reason.
The congressman had been addicted to alcohol, illicit and prescription drugs. Only in the latter part of the 20th century did we learn that addiction was a diseases—a brain disorder.
Robert Bruce Ford was a Canadian politician and businessman who served as the 64th mayor of Toronto from 2010 to 2014. Before and after his term as mayor, Ford was a city councillor representing Ward 2 Etobicoke North. He was first elected to Toronto City Council in the 2000 Toronto municipal election, and was re-elected to his council seat twice.
