Sidhu wants to legalise opium

Wednesday 10th October 2018 03:04 EDT
 

CHANDIGARH: Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu has supported Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Dharamvir Gandhi over the latter's demand for legalisation of opium cultivation. Claiming that the drug had helped his uncle live a long life, Sidhu said, “Dharamvir Gandhi is doing a very good thing, I support him. My uncle used to take opium as a medicine and lived a long life.” Gandhi has taken up the issue on several occasions in the last couple years, also meeting Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh last year. He had even introduced a private member's bill in the Lok Sabha in 2016 seeking legalisation of “non-synthetic” intoxicants like opium and marijuana.


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