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UK: Drugs minister admits taking cannabis
BBC Online
Thursday 03 Jul 2003 The newly appointed government minister responsible for drugs policy has admitted that she has taken cannabis. Caroline Flint, 41, told BBC News she tried the drug as a student but did not like it. The revelation emerged during a discussion about drugs policy when Ms Flint was asked whether she had taken cannabis. At first she did not answer but when pressed on the issue she said she had tried it about 20 years ago. The Home Office says Home Secretary David Blunkett is aware of the issue and is fully supportive of Ms Flint. Law change pressure The Don Valley MP indicated she had not taken cannabis regularly and the fact the drug was illegal "acted as a brake". The government has rejected calls to decriminalise cannabis but has moved to reclassify it as a less harmful drug. The Home Office said Ms Flint supported the government's view that cannabis should remain illegal. The episode is reminiscent of the time in 2000 when Conservative Ann Widdecombe's anti-drugs speech was undermined by the revelations that eight members of the then shadow cabinet had smoked cannabis in the past.
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