"Weed has been given this evil stamp, but how is it dangerous? It’s going to make you laugh your arse off? You might go to sleep? I think alcohol is much more harmful. People beat the fuck out of each other on alcohol."

Stone's new album features the track, "4 and 20," and guest performances by Nas, Jeff Beck, Sheila E., Raphael Saadiq and David Sanborn.

The National Drugs Prevention Alliance not happy with Stone's stance. "People like Joss Stone should keep their mouths shut about things like this," says David Raynes. "It is terribly damaging and she clearly hasn't considered the wider effects of the drug, although she clearly didn't get to become a pop star because she is a student of social sciences. We already have a drug culture in the UK and she is simply adding to that."

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