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Ann Widdecombe helped me fight drugs, says nephew Jenny Booth and David Bamber Reuters Saturday 14 Oct 2000 LONDON (Reuters) - Shadow Home Secretary Ann Widdecombe has been helping her nephew fight an addiction to drugs, newspapers reported on Sunday. Widdecombe's nephew and godson Sean, 32, was quoted by The News Of The World as saying his aunt had supported him as he battled with drug abuse, including cocaine and cannabis, for almost 20 years. The news follows Widdecombe's call at the recent Tory party conference for zero tolerance and on-the- spot fines for drug users. Sean, the son of Widdecombe's brother Malcolm, a Church of England Canon, was quoted as saying he smoked his first joint at the age of 14 and was sniffing glue by the time he left school at the age of 16. He said he backed his aunt's hardline stance on drug use. "It's very hard for me to see my aunt being slagged off by everyone for her stand on drugs," he was quoted as saying. "Do her critics have personal experience of the effects of drug abuse? I've been through it for almost 20 years and she's been with me every step of the way," The News Of The World reported him as saying. "She's talking from the heart on zero tolerance. If the law had come down on me hard early on I don't think I'd have got in such a mess," he said. "Aunt Ann sets very high standards for herself and she expects others to make the same effort." Conservative leader William Hague backed down on Widdecombe's hardline policy following criticism from the police and the recent revelation that senior front-bench Tories had admitted using cannabis. Widdecombe was quoted in The Mail On Sunday as saying she was aware of her nephew's confession, but added: "I never comment on private matters concerning my family."
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