r/unitedkingdom • u/RandomUsername1604 • 26d 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/BookmarksBrother 26d ago

except, they will sell it for cheaper by avoiding the taxes and regulation (see California) or sell other hard drugs like in Amsterdam.

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u/Square-Competition48 26d ago

Okay but they’d switch to other hard drugs if we somehow eliminated it so should we not try and eliminate it?

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u/BookmarksBrother 26d ago

What I am saying is, if you want to make these guys to stop from dealing, legalizing it wont work. They will still deal for cheaper or deal other stuff.

If you want to legalize pot then fine, but do not pretend thats gonna sort out criminality, gov budget black holes and prison spaces.

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u/Square-Competition48 26d ago

Yes… but that argument could be applied to literally everything.

I’m pretty sure you can buy black market bananas and them being legal hasn’t fixed the budget or eased prison overcrowding.

Should bananas be illegal?

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u/Zealousideal_Day5001 26d ago

the trade in coffee and cocoa is probably more immoral than the UK's cannabis market