Actually I’m sure he doesn’t smoke dope, but sometimes he seems like the only public figure who doesn’t or hasn’t. The spooky thing is that every politician who admits to having a puff says that they didn’t enjoy it at all, some go further and say they were forced or tricked into it. (Interesting declension […]
Entries Tagged as 'Drugs'
I like the pope, the pope smokes dope
July 21st, 2007 · Comments Off on I like the pope, the pope smokes dope · Politics
Tags: Drugs
Pot at school
February 11th, 2007 · 5 Comments · Politics
If Dave Cameron smoked a few joints at school then good luck to him, but he still deserves some criticism: not for having a sly puff but for the sheer precociousness of doing it at school and not waiting until university as tradition demands. I doubt if anyone at my (state) school had ever seen […]
Tags: Drugs
The drugs don’t work
June 8th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Politics
I still find it hard to understand the thinking behind the Home Office’s proposals to reduce the limts for drug possession, so that someone caught with as little as 5g of cannabis could be looking at prison for up to 14 years as a dealer. Who writes these proposals? A special committee of Daily Mail […]
Taking the piss
May 3rd, 2006 · Comments Off on Taking the piss · Life, Work
If you think that standing for election and having to go round persuading people to vote for you is somehow diminishing your dignity you obviously do not work for a company where regular drugs & alcohol testing in the workplace is a feature.
Tags: Drugs·Medicine/Health
A tip for David Cameron
November 11th, 2005 · Comments Off on A tip for David Cameron · Politics
Maybe David Cameron was being a bit hasty in his reluctance to talk about possible drug use in the past? According to this story a politician in Quebec admitted to taking cocaine while in office and his popularity rating went up by 11%. Boisclair’s admission created a stir in the Canadian press, but it does […]
