'PARTY'S OVER' FOR DRUGGIES: HEALTH MINISTER

OTTAWA -- Health Minister Tony Clement will announce the Conservative
government's anti-drug strategy this week with a stark warning: "The
party's over" for illicit drug users.

"In the next few days, we're going to be back in the business of an
anti-drug strategy," Clement said. "In that sense, the party's over."

Shortly after taking office last year, the Conservatives decided not
to go ahead with a Liberal bill to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana.

Since then, the number of people arrested for smoking pot has jumped
dramatically in several Canadian cities, in some cases by more than
one third. Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa and Halifax all reported
increases in arrests for possession of pot between 20 and 50% in 2006.