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/3_34544449E14 25d ago

I used to work in security at large events and we'd draw up a crowd profile for each concert, event or festival in advance. In formal meetings with police and councils a crowd would be described as "very ketty" so we'd bring in extra ambulance crews for the ketamine overdoses, or "very boozy" so we'd bring in extra police vans for the drunken violence and arrests, etc. If the crowd was all stoners it was a great easy day, with happy peaceful crowds who broadly did what they're told. We'd bring in extra concessions staff and haribos.