Trailing in the polls with less than a week until the June 7 election, the Liberals have dropped the H-bomb — as in hash — on Doug Ford.

Using digital media ads in Punjabi, Chinese and Urdu, Kathleen Wynne’s party is drawing attention to a 2013 Globe and Mail story in which 10 anonymous sources alleged the Progressive Conservative leader was a hashish dealer in Etobicoke in the 1980s.

Ford has vigorously denied the accusation as “an outright lie” and threatened to sue the newspaper, but never did. The Star has not verified the allegations, and the issue had not surfaced in the campaign until now.

“It’s an issue that needs to be talked about,” Wynne said Friday.

She told the Star the ads are in response to concerns raised in some communities and will “probably not” appear in English.

“As far as I know we’re not, but we’ve got six days to go,” she said.

The Ford campaign dismissed the ads as a sign of “desperation” by the Liberals, who stand a distant third in public opinion polls after 15 years in office.

“We say the same thing in every language,” said Ford spokesperson Melissa Lantsman. “We’re focused on our plan for lower taxes, lower hydro rates and lower gas prices for the people.”

During a campaign event in Hamilton, Wynne said the ads are “part of a strategy to give people in different communities information they’re concerned about.”

“There are bunch of different ads running on different subjects, depending on the community concerns. We have a lot of candidates and caucus members who are very connected to their communities,” she added.

“It’s an issue for particular communities, so it’s an issue that needs to be talked about.”

Ford has admitted to using marijuana in high school and once told CNN in an interview that “I wasn’t slinging any hash.”

“I smoked marijuana and I didn’t deal marijuana,” he said. “If you want to go calling, you know, going to your buddy and saying here’s a joint for 10 bucks, if that’s what they want to call it.”

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