The late broadcaster Sir Paul Holmes turned to marijuana before his death, his widow has revealed.
Lady Deborah Holmes said her husband was not a drug user but "in the final weeks it was the one thing that could give him peace and comfort".
Sir Paul died age 62 in February 2013 after battling heart problems and the return of prostate cancer.
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His wife told Herald columnist Brian Rudman that he was allergic to morphine and the alternative concoction of drugs "sent him off to la la land".