Sharon Osbourne may come across as a laid-back liberal mother, but there is at lease one issue on which she remains staunchly conservative.
The former X Factor judge – whose husband Ozzy Osbourne and children Kelly and Jack have all battled drug addiction – has spoken out against plans to legalise marijuana, warning “it is going to end in tears”.
Sharon, 62, told American CBS TV: “I have big resentments that this is happening. Anything that alters your mental state I don’t think should be allowed.
“You can say prescribed medication can alter your mental state but I don’t agree with it all.
She added: “The next thing I am waiting for is when someone is working heavy machinery, when they are driving a car. It is all going to end in tears.”
Sharon also predicted that laws that have already been passed to legalise the drug in certain US states will be overturned.
She said: “In years to come there will be new laws for those who are smoking and using marijuana.
“This will end not the way everybody thinks it will.”
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