Pot-smoking prof lights up a room

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For years, University of Toronto Professor Doug Hutchinson smoked pot in his office.

Sometimes he'd hide behind garbage dumpsters or even climb trees to use the drug, which he said he needs to alleviate the pain from an undisclosed medical condition.

Now he's out of the closet and in the basement of the university's Trinity College, where he can finally smoke in peace and without recrimination — all with the blessing of U of T.

"It's a beautiful solution," Hutchinson said yesterday, at the end of a messy year-long battle with college officials.

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