Documentary ... actor Brad Pitt
HOLLYWOOD star Brad Pitt has spoken about his past use of drugs — and branded the US war against them a “charade”.
The actor, 48, a dad of six, said his drug-taking days were “long past”.
But he added: “I could probably land in any city and get you whatever you wanted. I could find anything you were looking for. Give me 24 hours or so.”
US President Richard Nixon launched America’s “war on drugs” in 1972.
Pitt — who has produced a documentary about the drugs battle called The House I Live In — said: “We have spent a trillion dollars. It’s lasted over 40 years. A lot of people have lost their lives for it. Yet we still talk about it like it’s this success.”
Pitt claimed drugs should be decriminalised, quality controlled and gangsters forced out by removing the profits. He said: “The drugs war is being used to hold down a portion of our society. It’s criminal.”
He suggested treating drug use “less as a criminal issue and more as a sickness”.
- POSSESSING small amounts of drugs for personal use should no longer be a criminal offence, says the UK Drug Policy Commission in a report today.
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