DOPE-SMOKING COX AXED BY OAP CENTRE
Shocked carers dump Hollywood star Brian as patron
A DAY centre for the elderly has ditched Hollywood star Brian Cox as its patron... after he admitted smoking cannabis.
Joyce McIntosh, chairwoman of the Mid-Lin Daycare Centre, in Dundee, said she was “shocked” and “disappointed” by the revelation.
Cox, 73, originally from Dundee, said he first took the drug at 50 and described it as “wonderful”, adding: “I recommend it to everyone – get stoned.” His views
BY JOHN JEFFAY reporters@dailyrecord.co.uk have been slammed by Scottish drugs misuse campaigners.
Joyce said in light of Dundee’s well-documented drug problems, the centre could no longer be associated with the actor.
She added: “Dundee is drugridden and we just can’t support Brian’s views on cannabis.
“We are shocked and disappointed. I couldn’t actually believe it when I read the papers – he has a CBE and all these awards and honorary positions and then, we’re seeing that he’s telling people to get stoned.
Cox, who won a Golden Globe Best Actor for Succession, has been a patron of the Broughty Ferry-based charity for four years.
Cox said: “I am sorry to hear that Mid-Lin Day Care Centre were shocked and disappointed by my comments regarding marijuana, which were actually made in good humour.
“To clarify, I am a firm believer in the medicinal benefits of marijuana and have partaken in its use in places where it is legal to do so.
“I wish Mid-Lin the best in all their future endeavours.”