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Lily Allen: Parents should let their kids try drugs

Singer makes shocking comments in Dutch interview

Lily Allen's new album It's Not Me, It's You is at No 1

Lily Allen reckons parents should let their teenagers experiment with ecstasy pills.

‘Parents should say, “Drugs might seem fun, but they do funny things to your brain. Some people react to it good, some don’t. Try it and see what you think,”’ she says.

‘If I hadn’t been famous I’d have taken loads. Wouldn’t be too wise right now.’

Lily, 23, who is at No 1 with her hit single The Fear, insists she doesn't condone drugs and has had bad experiences with them herself.

‘I’ve never been good with cocaine or drugs like that,’ she tells Dutch magazine Revu.

‘They make me passionately angry on everything. I steer clear of heroin and crack. I react bad to alcohol, but I never know when to stop. I keep drinking, because it helps me. I find it difficult to communicate with strangers.’

SEE VIDEO Lily Allen's No 1 single The Fear

Alison Adey