James Delingpole James Delingpole

The grim reefer

What do you get when you prohibit cannabis? Skunk. And, says James Delingpole, the hybrid dope is driving people crazy

issue 14 June 2003

They say that if you can remember where it was you had your first skunk, you probably haven’t been smoking enough. But I can, quite distinctly. It was at the party of the daughter of a well-known literary agent, in the basement of their house in Notting Hill; the year, give or take, was 1991 and I was just getting ready to leave – having failed to pull again, probably – when I was stopped in my tracks by the most extraordinary smell.

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