George Michael has admitted his drug-driving related arrest last year was due to the over-use of prescription drugs not marijuana as previously believed.

George pleaded guilty earlier this month to the charge of driving while unfit, following his arrest last autumn.

Speaking to on Parkinson this week, he explained he couldn’t go into too much detail about the case until the sentencing is finalised at the end of the month but “it involves prescribed drugs and it involves a dependency on them and the tendency to chase one drug with another because of side effects.”

But he added that he believes marijuana isn’t as bad as some people claim it is: “We could sit here with any number of policemen and doctors and they would all tell you if everybody who had a dependence on alcohol changed their mind and had a dependence on weed, the world would be a much easier place to live in.”