Anti-drug hysteria at work....but at least in Canada, they admit it when they are wrong.

The Chief of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Monday admitted he made a mistake when he blamed last week's killing of four RCMP officers on marijuana grows. The killings were committed by a deranged lone criminal - not an organized group of growers:

Last Friday, RCMP Commissoner Guiliano Zaccardelli Zaccardelli blamed pot growers for the murders:

RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli went further, suggesting it's time not just to crack down on grow ops, but also to re-examine the idea of decriminalizing simple possession of small amounts of pot.

Monday, Chief Zaccardelli acknowledged his mistake, saying he did not have all the information about the case:

"I gave what I believed was the best information I had knowing full well that at that time I didn't have all the information," a contrite Zaccardelli said. "Clearly, there's a lot of things in there that, in hindsight, we will have to look at in a different perspective."

If these killings had happened in the U.S., Congress would have already passed a law creating increased mandatory minimum sentences for cultivation offenses. Background on the killings is here.