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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest

I smoked cannabis but ‘didn’t get very high’, says Michael Gove

PA Wire

Michael Gove has admitted smoking cannabis while he was a student – but insisted that he not get “very high” because the drug was weaker in the 1980s.

The cabinet minister claimed public no longer had any “fierce interest” in politicians’ history of taking drugs, as he revealed his fears about the strength of illegal substances today.

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