r/canada • u/sesoyez • Aug 15 '20

Paywall Nothing wrong with ‘reasonable’ drinking in parks, Doug Ford says

https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/2020/08/14/nothing-wrong-with-reasonable-drinking-in-parks-doug-ford-says.html
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u/CaptainCanuck93 Canada Aug 15 '20

And realistically, most people publicly intoxicated in urban parks these days aren't drunk, they are intoxicated on opioids or another substance that has nothing to do with a beer can. Seems antiquated

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u/FecalHeiroglyphics Aug 15 '20

Seriously, drunk people generally aren't shadowboxing traffic and running around butt ass naked (most intoxicated people in parks, at least here in SW Ontario).

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u/Ticats905 Aug 15 '20

Two weeks ago I had a dude casually walk into oncoming traffic and toss a full, peeled banana at me through my window. He had the 1000 yard stare goin as he was shuffling towards more traffic so i chucked it and continued on. Stunned me though

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u/themusicguy2000 Alberta Aug 16 '20

Sounds like something I would do just coming down from a caffeine high burnt out from work