Liberal leader Trudeau admits smoking pot as MP; pokes fun on Twitter

OTTAWA – Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says he has smoked marijuana since becoming a member of Parliament.

Trudeau makes the admission in a candid interview with the Huffington Post, in which he also reveals that his youngest brother, Michel, was charged with marijuana possession shortly before his 1998 death in an avalanche.

He says he’s smoked pot only five or six times in his life, it’s never done much for him and he no longer indulges.

Trudeau’s admission will doubtless give more fodder to the Conservatives, who’ve been pointing to his support for legalizing and regulating marijuana as evidence that he doesn’t have the judgment to be prime minister.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Trudeau’s actions “speak for themselves.”

But Trudeau is unrepentant, joking on Twitter that he made a mistake in being so open and is now coming under “vicious attacks” for admitting he doesn’t drink coffee.