Pubdate: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 Source: Age, The (Australia) Copyright: 2000 David Syme & Co Ltd Contact: 250 Spencer Street, Melbourne, 3000, Australia Website: http://www.theage.com.au/ Author: Nicola Webber MINISTER'S DRUG CONFESSION EDUCATION Minister Mary Delahunty admitted yesterday to having smoked drugs.Launching a kit designed to teach children about the dangers of drugs, Ms Delahunty confessed to smoking marijuana while at university. The Get Wise education kit includes guidelines on what teachers should tell students who ask whether they ever smoked marijuana at university. When asked the same question, Ms Delahunty replied: "I expected this question ... and the answer is yes." When asked whether she used "kiff" or "resin", she replied: "What were you on? "I can remember the early days of journalism when you were on something terrific and I wanted some of it." According to the guidelines, Ms Delahunty should have avoided any personal disclosures and replied: "At university many people smoked marijuana." The kit described as a world-first education tool includes guidelines on what children should be taught about drugs including marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines, alcohol and heroin. It lists the effects, dangers and methods of using the various drugs. "What we learn from history is that drug use is a normal activity in human society," the kit says. Opposition education spokesman Phil Honeywood criticised the suggestion that drug use was normal. - --- MAP posted-by: greg