r/unitedkingdom • u/RandomUsername1604 • 26d 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/After-Anybody9576 26d 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 26d 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/MousseCareless3199 26d ago

I think you're cosplaying in the wrong sub, this isn't the US.

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u/limpingdba 26d ago

As someone who would brazenly bounce round the town centre smoking spliffs I can say that with some authority. Of course they'll fucking stop and search you if they smell weed. I doubt that's changed much in the last 5 years. I'm also not saying I agree nor disagree with them. What I disagree with is this idea that they don't use "smell alone". Of course they do.