Sex-ed, pot and Brown

There's no dust on Doug Ford.

Just a day after being elected head of Ontario's PC party, Ford has announced he'll repeal the Liberal's sexed curriculum, hand marijuana sales back to the people and make a decision on permitting Patrick Brown to run as the PC candidate in the riding of Simcoe North.

While political pundits are licking their pencils in anticipation of analyzing Ford's every move, the newly elected leader is already out there working the crowd and winning over voters.

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Public parks? Coffee shops? The province wants your input on pot

What are the three most important rules of consuming cannabis?

You know the joke - location, location, location.

With the legalization of marijuana looming, the conversation has turned to where it can be safely consumed.

Where should people smoke pot? Where should they consume cannabis edibles?

Last week, the province asked for public feedback on the issue. Ontario has nixed consumption on the job or in public places. The 'public places' bit immediately presents problems - lots of people smoke dope in parks, and for obvious reasons.

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Better dust off that recipe for hash brownies.

A new poll says more people are expressing approval of cannabis edibles.

The Forum Poll interviewed 1,022 voters in Ontario and found that more than half approve of the sale of baked goods, drinks and other food items that contain marijuana.

In the two years since the last survey, that approval number has moved up six points (from 46% to 52%); likewise, the numbers of those who disapprove of the sale of such items has gone down from 43% to 37%.

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Group wants billboard near kids' music school taken down

Should a billboard claiming that marijuana legalization isn't harmful be hanging over a kids' music school in North York?

That's the question being posed by Prevent, Don't Promote, an organization opposed to the legalization of marijuana in Canada.

Prevent, Don't Promote is particularly sensitive to anything that looks like advertising or marketing to children.

The billboard in question hangs over Little Jammerz, a music school that caters to children from Kindergarten to Grade 6, according to their website.

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Organization wants billboard near music school taken down

Should a billboard claiming that marijuana legalization isn't harmful be hanging over a kids' music school in North York?

That's the question being posed by Prevent, Don't Promote, an organization opposed to the legalization of marijuana in Canada.

Prevent, Don't Promote is particularly sensitive to anything that looks like advertising or marketing to children.

The billboard in question hangs over Little Jammerz, a music school that caters to children from Kindergarten to grade six, according to their website.

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Hoffman Is Just the Latest Celebrity to Die Because of Addiction

Celebrities are public figures who generally work hard to maintain a private life, but death tends to slam all the public doors shut.

It's strictly a private affair for the friends and family left behind.

Philip Seymour Hoffman was a hugely successful actor, and as such, was public property - for better or worse. Thanks to his work, a large audience of followers developed feelings of attachment and ownership about him. Double that for New York City, where people could see him on stage at the theatre or stand next to him in the grocery store. Now, since death belongs to the private realm, that's left a lot of people on the public side wondering what to do with their emotions. They tweet condolences. They write letters. They bring flowers and gifts to a makeshift shrine outside the building where Hoffman lived.

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Hoffman Is Just the Latest Celebrity to Die Because of Addiction

Celebrities are public figures who generally work hard to maintain a private life, but death tends to slam all the public doors shut.

It's strictly a private affair for the friends and family left behind.

Philip Seymour Hoffman was a hugely successful actor, and as such, was public property - for better or worse. Thanks to his work, a large audience of followers developed feelings of attachment and ownership about him. Double that for New York City, where people could see him on stage at the theatre or stand next to him in the grocery store. Now, since death belongs to the private realm, that's left a lot of people on the public side wondering what to do with their emotions. They tweet condolences. They write letters. They bring flowers and gifts to a makeshift shrine outside the building where Hoffman lived.

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Hoffman Is Just the Latest Celebrity to Die Because of Addiction

Celebrities are public figures who generally work hard to maintain a private life, but death tends to slam all the public doors shut.

It's strictly a private affair for the friends and family left behind.

Philip Seymour Hoffman was a hugely successful actor, and as such, was public property - for better or worse. Thanks to his work, a large audience of followers developed feelings of attachment and ownership about him. Double that for New York City, where people could see him on stage at the theatre or stand next to him in the grocery store. Now, since death belongs to the private realm, that's left a lot of people on the public side wondering what to do with their emotions. They tweet condolences. They write letters. They bring flowers and gifts to a makeshift shrine outside the building where Hoffman lived.

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Hoffman Is Just the Latest Celebrity to Die Because of Addiction

Celebrities are public figures who generally work hard to maintain a private life, but death tends to slam all the public doors shut.

It's strictly a private affair for the friends and family left behind.

Philip Seymour Hoffman was a hugely successful actor, and as such, was public property - for better or worse. Thanks to his work, a large audience of followers developed feelings of attachment and ownership about him. Double that for New York City, where people could see him on stage at the theatre or stand next to him in the grocery store. Now, since death belongs to the private realm, that's left a lot of people on the public side wondering what to do with their emotions. They tweet condolences. They write letters. They bring flowers and gifts to a makeshift shrine outside the building where Hoffman lived.

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Hoffman Is Just the Latest Celebrity to Die Because of Addiction

Celebrities are public figures who generally work hard to maintain a private life, but death tends to slam all the public doors shut.

It's strictly a private affair for the friends and family left behind.

Philip Seymour Hoffman was a hugely successful actor, and as such, was public property - for better or worse. Thanks to his work, a large audience of followers developed feelings of attachment and ownership about him. Double that for New York City, where people could see him on stage at the theatre or stand next to him in the grocery store. Now, since death belongs to the private realm, that's left a lot of people on the public side wondering what to do with their emotions. They tweet condolences. They write letters. They bring flowers and gifts to a makeshift shrine outside the building where Hoffman lived.

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Hoffman Is Just the Latest Celebrity to Die Because of Addiction

Celebrities are public figures who generally work hard to maintain a private life, but death tends to slam all the public doors shut.

It's strictly a private affair for the friends and family left behind.

Philip Seymour Hoffman was a hugely successful actor, and as such, was public property - for better or worse. Thanks to his work, a large audience of followers developed feelings of attachment and ownership about him. Double that for New York City, where people could see him on stage at the theatre or stand next to him in the grocery store. Now, since death belongs to the private realm, that's left a lot of people on the public side wondering what to do with their emotions. They tweet condolences. They write letters. They bring flowers and gifts to a makeshift shrine outside the building where Hoffman lived.

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Hoffman Is Just the Latest Celebrity to Die Because of Addiction

Celebrities are public figures who generally work hard to maintain a private life, but death tends to slam all the public doors shut.

It's strictly a private affair for the friends and family left behind.

Philip Seymour Hoffman was a hugely successful actor, and as such, was public property - for better or worse. Thanks to his work, a large audience of followers developed feelings of attachment and ownership about him. Double that for New York City, where people could see him on stage at the theatre or stand next to him in the grocery store. Now, since death belongs to the private realm, that's left a lot of people on the public side wondering what to do with their emotions. They tweet condolences. They write letters. They bring flowers and gifts to a makeshift shrine outside the building where Hoffman lived.

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Hoffman Is Just the Latest Celebrity to Die Because of Addiction

Celebrities are public figures who generally work hard to maintain a private life, but death tends to slam all the public doors shut.

It's strictly a private affair for the friends and family left behind.

Philip Seymour Hoffman was a hugely successful actor, and as such, was public property - for better or worse. Thanks to his work, a large audience of followers developed feelings of attachment and ownership about him. Double that for New York City, where people could see him on stage at the theatre or stand next to him in the grocery store. Now, since death belongs to the private realm, that's left a lot of people on the public side wondering what to do with their emotions. They tweet condolences. They write letters. They bring flowers and gifts to a makeshift shrine outside the building where Hoffman lived.

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Hoffman Is Just the Latest Celebrity to Die Because of Addiction

Celebrities are public figures who generally work hard to maintain a private life, but death tends to slam all the public doors shut.

It's strictly a private affair for the friends and family left behind.

Philip Seymour Hoffman was a hugely successful actor, and as such, was public property - for better or worse. Thanks to his work, a large audience of followers developed feelings of attachment and ownership about him. Double that for New York City, where people could see him on stage at the theatre or stand next to him in the grocery store. Now, since death belongs to the private realm, that's left a lot of people on the public side wondering what to do with their emotions. They tweet condolences. They write letters. They bring flowers and gifts to a makeshift shrine outside the building where Hoffman lived.

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Hoffman is just the latest celebrity to die because of addiction

Celebrities are public figures who generally work hard to maintain a private life, but death tends to slam all the public doors shut.

It's strictly a private affair for the friends and family left behind.

Philip Seymour Hoffman was a hugely successful actor, and as such, was public property - for better or worse. Thanks to his work, a large audience of followers developed feelings of attachment and ownership about him. Double that for New York City, where people could see him on stage at the theatre or stand next to him in the grocery store. Now, since death belongs to the private realm, that's left a lot of people on the public side wondering what to do with their emotions. They tweet condolences. They write letters. They bring flowers and gifts to a makeshift shrine outside the building where Hoffman lived.

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Hoffman Is Just the Latest Celebrity to Die Because of Addiction

Celebrities are public figures who generally work hard to maintain a private life, but death tends to slam all the public doors shut.

It's strictly a private affair for the friends and family left behind.

Philip Seymour Hoffman was a hugely successful actor, and as such, was public property - for better or worse. Thanks to his work, a large audience of followers developed feelings of attachment and ownership about him. Double that for New York City, where people could see him on stage at the theatre or stand next to him in the grocery store. Now, since death belongs to the private realm, that's left a lot of people on the public side wondering what to do with their emotions. They tweet condolences. They write letters. They bring flowers and gifts to a makeshift shrine outside the building where Hoffman lived.

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Hoffman Is Just the Latest Celebrity to Die Because of Addiction

Celebrities are public figures who generally work hard to maintain a private life, but death tends to slam all the public doors shut.

It's strictly a private affair for the friends and family left behind.

Philip Seymour Hoffman was a hugely successful actor, and as such, was public property - for better or worse. Thanks to his work, a large audience of followers developed feelings of attachment and ownership about him. Double that for New York City, where people could see him on stage at the theatre or stand next to him in the grocery store. Now, since death belongs to the private realm, that's left a lot of people on the public side wondering what to do with their emotions. They tweet condolences. They write letters. They bring flowers and gifts to a makeshift shrine outside the building where Hoffman lived.

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Hoffman Is Just the Latest Celebrity to Die Because of Addiction

Celebrities are public figures who generally work hard to maintain a private life, but death tends to slam all the public doors shut.

It's strictly a private affair for the friends and family left behind.

Philip Seymour Hoffman was a hugely successful actor, and as such, was public property - for better or worse. Thanks to his work, a large audience of followers developed feelings of attachment and ownership about him. Double that for New York City, where people could see him on stage at the theatre or stand next to him in the grocery store. Now, since death belongs to the private realm, that's left a lot of people on the public side wondering what to do with their emotions. They tweet condolences. They write letters. They bring flowers and gifts to a makeshift shrine outside the building where Hoffman lived.

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Hoffman Is Just the Latest Celebrity to Die Because of Addiction

Celebrities are public figures who generally work hard to maintain a private life, but death tends to slam all the public doors shut.

It's strictly a private affair for the friends and family left behind.

Philip Seymour Hoffman was a hugely successful actor, and as such, was public property - for better or worse. Thanks to his work, a large audience of followers developed feelings of attachment and ownership about him. Double that for New York City, where people could see him on stage at the theatre or stand next to him in the grocery store. Now, since death belongs to the private realm, that's left a lot of people on the public side wondering what to do with their emotions. They tweet condolences. They write letters. They bring flowers and gifts to a makeshift shrine outside the building where Hoffman lived.

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