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Campaigners have criticised Prince Harry after he spoke again about using drugs, saying he is sending a worrying message to young people.

In a live-streamed interview, the Duke of Sussex told how using cannabis – a Class B drug – ‘really helped’ him to deal with mental health issues following the death of his mother.

He also talked about his ‘positive’ experience of psychedelic drug ayahuasca, saying it ‘brought me a sense of relaxation, release, comfort, a lightness that I managed to hold on to for a period of time’.

The duke, 38, made the comments in an interview with therapist Dr Gabor Mate, an outspoken supporter of decriminalising drugs who has allegedly used Amazonian plant ayahuasca to treat patients suffering mental illness.

Harry told him: ‘[Cocaine] didn’t do anything for me, it was more a social thing and gave me a sense of belonging for sure, I think it probably also made me feel different to the way I was feeling, which was kind of the point. Marijuana is different, that actually really did help me.’