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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will be taking an extended leave of absence to seek help for substance abuse, his lawyer confirmed Wednesday night, within hours of the emergence of a second video purporting to show the Mayor smoking crack cocaine.

Mr. Ford “realizes he needs help for substance abuse,” Ford lawyer Dennis Morris said Wednesday night, but would not specify which substance his client is seeking treatment for.

“In my eyes, he should announce those steps to the public in the near future,” he said.

Reportedly captured early Saturday morning at Mr. Ford’s sister’s house, the new video apparently shows the Toronto mayor taking a drag of what appears to be crack cocaine from a “long copper-coloured pipe,” exhaling a cloud of smoke and frantically shaking his right hand.

Viewed by two reporters for the Globe and Mail, the video is part of a package of three videos that an unidentified drug dealer is reportedly offering to sell for “at least six figures.”

At the same time, the Toronto Sun also revealed Wednesday they had obtained clandestine audio recordings of an apparently drunk Mayor Ford conversing with patrons at an Etobicoke bar.

Recorded Monday night at Sullie Gorman’s, Mr. Ford is heard to say “I’d like to f—– jam her” when asked about mayoral candidate Karen Stintz.

With a hockey game blaring in the background, Mr. Ford is also heard to say he would not be able to vote for Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak because he agrees with “all the gays.”