Toronto Mayor May Take A Crack At Florida

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – During a Toronto City Council meeting Wednesday, Mayor Rob Ford said he had bought illegal drugs while serving as the city's mayor. He had previously admitted to smoking crack cocaine, though he said it was during one of his "drunken stupors."

The entire situation exploded this year when Gawker Media and another publication reported that a video purportedly showing Ford smoking crack was being shopped to media outlets. Later, police in Toronto confirmed the video's existence and Ford would later admit he was on the tape smoking crack.

Ford said Wednesday that he is not addicted to alcohol or illicit drugs.

"I can understand how people could perceive my behavior," Mayor Ford told the city council, via the Toronto Sun. "I am not an alcoholic, I am not a drug addict."

Ford dropped another item of note during the meeting saying he and his family may travel to the Sunshine State around Christmas this year, according to the Toronto Sun.

The possible vacation, other than proving the theory every major news story has a Florida connection, may bring Ford back to South Florida where he once faced charges of drunk driving and marijuana possession in 1999.

Ford was pulled over in Miami in February 1999 and when he stopped, he reportedly threw up his hands and said, "go ahead and take me to jail." Ford said in 2010 that he "had a few drinks at (a) Valentine's dinner with my wife. And it was a mistake. I shouldn't have been driving," according to the Canadian Broadcasting Company.

Ford said in 2010 that he was fined and had to do 50 hours of community service after pleading guilty " to refusing to give a breath sample," the CBC reported. Ford said at the time that he also had two other criminal offenses, once when he was 18 and once in 2008, but all the charges were dismissed or withdrawn, according to the CBC.