r/unitedkingdom • u/RandomUsername1604 • 25d ago

Police officers say cannabis is effectively ‘decriminalised’ in the UK .

https://www.leafie.co.uk/news/police-cannabis-decriminalised-survey/
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u/BritishPlebeian 25d ago

Yep but the people that supply it get harsher sentencing than people with thousands of indecent images of children on their hard drives. The only current way to get it without criminal supply is by having or blagging a health issue AND then having enough money to pay over the odds for the private prescription. As far as I'm concerned, decriminalisation means nothing without legalisation, otherwise you're just paving the way for illegal distribution to flourish even further, which is not a good thing for drug purity, criminal activity and subsequently a slope into harder drugs.

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u/ProfessorChaos213 25d ago

It's 120 for the first consultation then another 70 for the second then you can buy it legally from private clinics like Mamedica at around 70-80 for 10 grams, once you've paid the initial fees it isn't much different from street prices, sometimes cheaper but always much better quality