BRANSTONED Parents should smoke WEED with their kids, says Virgin boss Richard Branson

Billionaire businessman tells audience smoking drugs with your children is a good thing

 

By NEAL BAKER 

 

TOUSLE-haired billionaire Richard Branson has said parents should take DRUGS with their kids. 

The Virgin boss, who’s made no secret of his occasional marijuana-use, said it’s better for mums and dads to light-up with their children than let them do so alone.

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Drugs dad … Sir Richard says it’s better to smoke drugs with your kids than letting them ‘sneak off’ to do it

Speaking to an audience in Chicago on Tuesday, father-of-two Branson, said: “If they’re going to have a joint, do it with them.

“Don’t let them sneak off and do it on their own”.

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Joint … Billionaire Branson is a pro-legalisation campaigner

Explaining his comments to the stunned audience, Branson, 66, said he is campaigner for drug legalisation.

To stuttered applause, laid-back Branson told the audience at Chicago’s McCormick Place: “I’m on the global drug commission”.

He said he has been working for years to promote the idea that drugs are “a health problem and not a criminal problem”, Chicago Tribune reports.

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Boss … Branson made drugs comment to stunned audience of wannabe entrepreneurs in Chicago