Pubdate: Fri, 13 Dec 2002
Source: Telegram, The (CN NF)
Copyright: 2002 The Telegram
Contact:  http://www.thetelegram.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/303

GRIMES LIGHTENS MARIJUANA STAND

St. John's -- On Thursday, Premier Roger Grimes tempered the comments he 
made Wednesday on marijuana.

On Wednesday, Grimes said the federal government wouldn't be going far 
enough by decriminalizing pot -- he said it should be legalized, produced 
in factories and taxed like tobacco to pay for services like health care.

Thursday, Grimes said he was expressing his personal views, and not those 
of the Liberal government or the Liberal party.

"I am not a champion at all for the legalization of any kind of drugs. 
That' s not the life I lead. Matter of fact, I'd advise people to not even 
smoke cigarettes, let alone marijuana," he insisted, a day after admitting 
he tried pot in university.

"What I did yesterday was be Roger Grimes -- honest and open when asked a 
question."
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