Liderzy polityczni i narkotyki

Zazywanie narkotykow przez liderow polityczych to nic nowego. Bylo, jest i bedzie. Z tym, ze temat to jest raczej tabu, a jak juz dostanie sie do opinii publicznej, to dopiero wychodzi cala hipokryzja politykow, ktorzy oficjalnie sa anty, a w zaciszu domowym, czy wsrod swojego towarzystwa, pala pija lulki smala.

Klasycznymi przykladami libacji alkoholowych byli Jelcyn i Kwasniewski. W marihuanie smakowali Trudeau i Clinton, z tym ze ten drugi to palil trawke "nie zaciagajac sie". A obecny premier Kanady Paul Martin to nie palil tylko chrupal marihuanowe ciasteczka wypiekane przez zone. Kokaina nie gardzil prezydent Bush, a szczegolnie nowo wybrany przedwczoraj lider Partii Quebecois (PQ) z Quebecku pan Andre Boisclair.

Andre Boisclair's sexual orientation isn't an issue in a province where it's cool to be gay. But his history of cocaine use, and his inability to put it behind him during the Parti Quebecois leadership race, raises serious questions about his judgment.
The 39-year-old's easy first ballot victory on Tuesday indicates that the PQ war ready for generational change. But it also indicates the party's membership is either in denial or oblivious to the dangers posed by Boisclair's past.
He wasn't smoking a couple of joints when he was in college. He was doing lines of cocaine while he was in Cabinet. Possession of cocaine is a criminal offence. Trafficking in cocaine is punishable by a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. Who was his dealer? How often was he consuming? How much was he paying? Were his suppliers aware that their client was in the Quebec Cabinet, and thus susceptible to blackmail? (L. Ian MacDonald, "A gift for Jean Charest", NATIONAL POST, Thursday, November 17, 2005).

Every news story tells us the same four things about Andre Boisclair, the new leader of the Parti Quebecois: He's young, he's gay, he used cocaine while serving in the provincial Cabinet and he's committed to moving ahead with sovereignty as soon as possible...
Quebecers were apparently unfazed by Boisclair's admission that he used cocaine while serving in Bouchard's Cabinet. It was shrugged off as the kind of thing that marked Boisclair's raucous past. But it speaks to a hedonism and frivolity characteristic of someone unburdened by responsibility. That has been the Quebec story since 1960 - the organs of culture have gone on holiday (Father Raymond J. De Souza, "Andre Boisclair's Quebec", NATIONAL POST, Thursday, November 17, 2005).

Mr. Boisclair's admission that he used cocaine as a minister, stopping "seven or eight years ago," did not dent his popularity among the general public, who picked him over Mr. Charest by a two-to-one margin in a poll published last week...
Mr. Duceppe dismissed Liberal criticism of Mr. Boisclair and his past use of cocaine. "The last people who should be giving lessons on morals are the federal Liberal MPs" (Graeme Hamilton, Boisclair Deflects Liberal Shots", NATIONAL POST, Thursday, November 17, 2005).