TV BILL’S CALL FOR WEED TO BE LEGAL
Ex-brekkie host giggles as he ‘vapes’ cannabis
TELLY presenter Bill Turnbull wants the medicinal use of cannabis to be made legal.
The former BBC Breakfast host, 63, got “high” during an emotional documentary into his battle with prostate cancer.
And he hopes that when Brexit is finally dealt with politicians can get on with “constructive” things – like addressing the law surrounding the medicinal use of drugs.
He said through fits of giggles after smoking psychoactive cannabis through a vape for a new Channel 4 documentary: “I cannot compose a sentence. I just can’t do it.”
He tells the programme Bill Turnbull: Staying Alive: “I took a little bit from time to time and it was soothing. It made me giggle and want to throw up over the director.
“I do think we need to have a proper conversation in this country about the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes.
“It’s legal for that purpose in more than 20 countries now. We should be one of them. It’s been used for medicinal purposes for thousands of years.” He added: “Once everybody gets past talking about the ‘B’ word constantly in the halls of power, we can start doing more constructive things. This would be one of them.” The dad-of-three was diagnosed with incurable prostate cancer two years ago. The disease had spread to his bones, but after treatment doctors told him he could expect to live for 10 to 18 years. Staying Alive shows tearful Turnbull revealing the impact of the disease on his family, his work, diet, and relationships with his former BBC colleagues.
He is filmed tearfully embracing Sian Williams, his former co-presenter on BBC Breakfast, who has also suffered through cancer.
He said of his recurrent tears in the programme: “I’m a bit embarrassed. It’s a bit of a blubberthon, ‘God I’m crying again.’”
Bill Turnbull: Staying on Channel 4 on October 24. Alive airs Thursday,