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UK: U.K. Drugs Minister Flint tried marijuana, Government says
Bloomberg
Thursday 03 Jul 2003 London, July 3 (Bloomberg) -- Caroline Flint, the U.K. government minister in charge of drug policy, used marijuana in her youth, the Home Office said. Flint, 41, was appointed a Home Office minister last month, and will oversee the implementation of a government plan to cut penalties from next year for possession and use of marijuana, known in the U.K. as cannabis. She was asked about drug use in a British Broadcasting Corp. radio interview, and indicated she'd used the drug. Under current U.K. law, anyone in possession of the narcotic is liable to prosecution and imprisonment. ``The minister was asked if she had ever taken drugs. She confirmed that she had tried cannabis as a student more than 20 years ago,'' the Home Office said in a statement. ``She was chosen because she is the best person for the job. Everyone has full confidence in her.'' Home Secretary David Blunkett wants to abolish jail sentences for possessing marijuana. He says police time is better spent fighting the use of ``hard'' drugs such as cocaine and heroin. According to government estimates, 46 percent of Britons under 30 have used marijuana. The U.K. government may license the clinical use of marijuana for multiple sclerosis and cancer sufferers. At least one company, GW Pharmaceuticals Plc, is expecting to profit from that, and is developing marijuana-based medicines in anticipation of the drug being legalized.
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