I'll stick up for the Mayor. If cocaine use were a serious barrier to civic administration, then most of Sim City's fan base probably wouldn't be able to make it past level one of the game.

The bulk of modern psychology was written and established by Freud, a man so wired he needed three lines before breakfast. Let us not forget that George Bush's rather mediocre presidency (sober) followed his much more successful baseball team management (cocaine).

For what it's worth, I've seen other Canadian politicians use drugs. Most effective Italian politicians use cocaine. Most American political staffers use cocaine.

I do not personally choose to use drugs and I hope that the many young people who read these forums understand how destructive and dangerous narcotics can be. That being said, I think we should go easy on old Ford here.