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/6.0k Upvotes
r/unitedkingdom • u/RandomUsername1604 • 25d ago
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u/audigex Lancashire 25d ago
Yeah this seems like the worst possible compromise
The "effective decriminalisation" means demand is unchecked, but the supply is still from illegal trade by gangs with involvement in people trafficking, human slavery, and harder drugs that do cause more problems
Better at this point to allow it to be traded legally and taxed, and then use that tax revenue to pay for officers to crack down on drug gangs selling the harder stuff