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/Chalkun 25d ago

No it doesn't. I've seen it endlessly justified under "anti-knife crime" auspices, but you very rarely hear of anyone bejn found with a knife.

Jacking someone for cannabis or cocaine possession when you are looking for knives is not in fact a successful search

Well how youve heard it justified isnt really all that relevant, its a general crime fighting tool and finding class A drugs is not a failed search. Can always move the goalposts.

Knives arent actually all that common anyway so finding them is always going to be rare. The ideal is to find some sure, but moreso to make people less comfortable about going around with a knife day to day. They need to feel at risk of being caught with it, all evidence points to feeling likely to be caught being the best deterrent to any crime.

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u/Pabus_Alt 25d ago

finding class A drugs is not a failed search.

Waste of everyone's time maybe.