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UK: What they said: Politicians on cannabis
The Telegraph
Thursday 19 Jul 2007 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, former Home Secretary, after a "minuscule" 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, Work and Pensions 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: "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 David Cameron, on revelations that he was disciplined for smoking cannabis at Eton: "I'm not issuing a denial, what I am saying is that I think it's an important principle that politicians are entitled to a private past." Francis Maude, former party chairman: "It was hard to go through Cambridge in the 70s without doing it a few times." Oliver Letwin, chairman of policy review: "Some friends put dope in my pipe. It had no effect on me but I was extremely angry." David Willetts, the shadow innovation 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." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=0MFD522DZDF2BQFIQMFCFGGAVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2007/07/19/ncannabis719.xml
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