You got it. I suspect the drug use came out because the dealers tried to blackmail him and he refused to play along; they new the media, especially the Toronto Star, would lap it up.
As for the drug use, there is now question he’s an alcoholic but I’m pretty sure that he was only an casual user of crack. I live on a block full of crackheads and know enough about it to realize that there’s no way he’d be able to cover up an addiction.
Canada and especially Toronto is just a messed up place