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Alan Davies admits drug use

Published Saturday, Oct 4 2008, 15:25 BST | By Michael Thornton
Alan Davies admits drug use

Rex Features

Alan Davies has admitted that he used drugs when he was younger.

The QI funnyman confessed that he smoked marijuana and took Ecstasy - although never regularly.

"I used to like a puff on the weed, ... I enjoyed E, but I only ever tried it a few times," he told Observer Magazine.

However, the comedian commented that he is "anti-Class A" drugs after seeing the effect it has had on colleagues.

"There were two or three really funny comedians who messed themselves up by getting a coke habit," Davies said.

"One of my great comedy heroes - John Belushi - died after chronic cocaine abuse, so I'm a bit anti-Class A."

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