MOWLAM'S ADMISSION

CABINET Office Minister Mo Mowlam was today back at work leading the
Government's anti-drug drive despite her weekend admission that she smoked
cannabis as a student.

In a frank television interview, Ms Mowlam disclosed that she had tried the
drug at university but did not enjoy the experience.

"I haven't made any secret about being a child of the Sixties, never have.
I tried marijuana, didn't like it particularly, and unlike President
Clinton I did inhale. But it wasn't part of my life then and that's what
happened."

Ms Mowlam said she realised there might be calls for her resignation but
insisted that the disclosure would not make her unfit to spearhead the
Government's fight a against drugs.

"It happened in America, it (cannabis) was something that many people
experimented with. If I had bought it, sold it, used it frequently, it
might have done - but I didn't," she said.