Erik Skutle (born 7 January 1990) is a Norwegian politician for the

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. He was elected as deputy to the

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from

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in 2013. He meets as deputy for

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, and is member of the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs. On 27 February 2014, Skutle was one of several people arrested in

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by Norwegian police on drug charges. He was charged with, and confessed to, using

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. The day before his arrest, Skutle had spoken out in the newspaper '' VG'' in favour of legalising cannabis. Following the charges, Skutle resigned from all his party posts.

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