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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
James C. Reynolds

Yanis Varoufakis to stand trial after admitting ecstasy use nearly 40 years ago

Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has been charged with promoting drug use after admitting to having taken ecstasy nearly four decades ago, his party said.

The outspoken economics professor, who briefly served in the left-wing Syriza government during the country’s financial crisis in 2015, said on a recent podcast that he had once tried ecstasy at a festival in Sydney in 1989.

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