first big run-in with authority was early in 2009, with Jacqui Smith, then Home Secretary . In a speech, I compared the 100 deaths a year caused by horse-riding to the 30 deaths a year linked to ecstasy . This may sound like a weird comparison, but the point I was making was that we accept the status quo without question, all the dangerous things we’ve always done, including both horse riding and drinking. But any new drug – at that time it was ecstasy – is banned as it’s thought to be too dangerous. When you look at the evidence, this is illogical.
