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“The devil makes work for idle thirsts. But given the choice between booze and cannabis, I go for ganja every time.”
As quoted in Exclusive: Dennis Nilsen: My Prison Life of Drink and Drugs http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/exclusive-dennis-nilsen-prison-life-555104, Mirror.co.uk (27 August, 2005)
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