r/unitedkingdom • u/RandomUsername1604 • 29d 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/lxgrf 29d ago

Thing is effectively decriminalising by not going after consumers is kind of the worst of both worlds. The real problem is and has always been the organised crime groups growing and distributing. Legalisation takes the power and the profit away from them. This doesn't.

Plus selective enforcement leads to discriminatory enforcement.

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u/RandomUsername1604 29d ago

Yeah there was a report showing that the police still like to use 'smell of cannabis' to stop and search young black and asian males disproportionately, so I guess its only effectively decriminalised when the cops can't be arsed with the paperwork.

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u/After-Anybody9576 29d ago

That report presumably not aware that police policy is not to stop based on that alone as per CoP guidance?

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u/limpingdba 29d ago

Like that ever stopped them. Walk past a cop stinking of weed and when you're searched, tell then it's against their policy. See what happens.

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u/SmileAndLaughrica 29d ago

Where do you live?? In London I think I see police at least once a week

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u/ADelightfulCunt 28d ago

Where in London do you live I see probs see at least 4 groups on a daily outing. Also police didn't even stop me when I mistakenly chased a friend down a street picked them up and took a joint out of their mouth. They just laughed at us in their squad car.