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Wednesday, 7 January 2009

Lily Allen criticised over cocaine remarks

Singer says the drug is sensationalised

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Lily Allen has been slammed for saying the risks of cocaine use are exaggerated.

The singer, who has tried drugs in the past, thinks coke is not a problem for some people.

'The only story is that drugs are bad and they will kill you - you will become a prostitute, a rapist or a dealer,’ she told The Word magazine. ‘But that's not true.

'I know lots of people that take cocaine three nights a week and get up and go to work everyday, no problem at all.

'But we never hear that side of the story. I have no statement to make, I just wish people wouldn't sensationalise this thing that just exists. Some people are just bad at taking drugs.'

Shadow Home Secretary Dominic Grieve called the comments 'naive'.

'There is no doubt that drugs fuel crime and wreck lives,' he said.

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