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Bell: Marshall Smith, Alberta's drug czar, calls it quits — the interview

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Marshall Smith will be most remembered for leading the charge on getting addicts off drugs and staying off drugs.

Smith 's personal story is well known and highlights the fact he didn’t cook up some scheme out of an ivory tower textbook.

Smith worked in politics back in the day and at the end of his time in politics he had “a very significant addiction issue”.

Smith is well aware that once his exit is public, there will be those who will go after him.

“I’ve been dealing with crazy all my life professionally. It’s the price of admission to work at this level and that's just the way it is.”.

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