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/GlamParsons 25d ago

You can’t “effectively” decriminalise anything and suggesting as much as the police is irresponsible at best.

Whilst they may not go as hard as expected against weed “offences” it is still the law.

It’s dodgy af to be like “we don’t generally see this thing as a crime” when they could still technically hoover you up and prosecute you for doing said thing.

Like come on a tiger tells you “I don’t GENERALLY eat humans” are you going to feel comfortable basting yourself in front of it?

They’re telling you not to think about something they themselves can use against you as written into law. That sounds alarm bells to me. Cos if it wasn’t a big deal they’d just change the laws.