Philip Seymour Hoffman a victim of drug laws: Russell Brand

Brand said that while laws continue to criminalise drug users, addicts are less able to seek help in a controlled and regulated way.

Funnyman Russell Brand has said that Philip Seymour Hoffman was a victim of “stupid” drug laws.
Brand criticised the stigma attached to drug addicts and the “ineffective” drug laws, which he said made the late actor’s death “inevitable”, reported Guardian online.
Brand said that while laws continue to criminalise drug users, addicts are less able to seek help in a controlled and regulated way. PTI