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UK: What the politicians said

Martin Beckford

The Telegraph

Monday 12 Feb 2007

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LABOUR

Tony Blair: "The only thing my father really drummed into me was never
to take drugs. And anyway, I was doing so many other things that I never
needed to."

John Reid, the Home Secretary, after a "miniscule" amount of cannabis
resin was found in his Scottish home last year: "I have no idea where it
came from, or when. There is absolutely no suggestion that this in any
way involves me or members of my family and both I and Strathclyde
Police regard the matter as closed."

Peter Hain, the Welsh Secretary: "I remember, when I was 19, someone
trying to stick a spliff or whatever you call them into my mouth, angry
that I wasn't smoking it."

Yvette Cooper, the minister for housing and planning: "I did try
cannabis while at university, like a lot of students, and it is
something that I have left behind."

Charles Clarke, the former home secretary: "I was asked if I had ever
taken drugs and I replied I had taken it a couple of times in my late
teens. It is important to tell the truth."

Mo Mowlam, the late Northern Ireland Secretary: "I tried marijuana,
didn't like it particularly and, unlike President Clinton, I did inhale.
But it wasn't part of my life."

CONSERVATIVE

Francis Maude, the party chairman: "It was hard to go through Cambridge
in the 70s without doing it a few times."

Oliver Letwin, chairman of the research department: "Some friends put
dope in my pipe. It had no effect on me but I was extremely angry."

David Willetts, the shadow education secretary: "I had two puffs and
didn't like it."

Peter Ainsworth, the shadow environment secretary: "I didn't want to
live my life without discovering what it was like."

Tim Yeo, the MP for South Suffolk: "I was offered it on occasion and
enjoyed it. I think it can be a much more pleasant experience than
having too much to drink. I found it agreeable."

Lord Lamont, the former chancellor: "I have not smoked cannabis. But I
did eat a tiny bit of cannabis cake and all I can say is I enjoyed the
cake but that is all."

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