Relax, sit back and take a toke … it shouldn’t land you in jail. That’s according to Laureen Harper, at least.

As first reported in Press Progress Wednesday night, it appears Harper took a bit of a detour off the Conservative party’s talking points on the ganja while speaking at the campaign office of the party’s Brampton West candidate, Ninder Thind.

While discussing concerns Thind encounters while canvassing, Harper got herself a bit tangled up trying to explain her stance on marijuana, while accusing the media and others of trying to convince the public that marijuana use is OK.

“A lot of moms are upset about, the Liberals want to legalize marijuana, prostitution,” Thind told Harper.

“The media and people have got … there’s a lot of people who spend a lot of time trying to convince us that marijuana is like, ‘Oh, it’s no worse than alcohol or smoking or anything,'” Harper replied.

“I disagree with that. I think there’s a big difference between … you know, you don’t put people in jail but there’s a big difference between that and having it next to a school or next to a shopping mall where you can go in and buy whatever you want. There’s a big difference.”

The Conservative government introduced mandatory minimum sentences for marijuana under its Safe Streets and Communities Act in 2012.

The law requires judges to hand down a six-month jail sentence and up to a $1,000 for first-time convictions of individuals growing as few as six marijuana plants.

Watch the full video of the exchange below.