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/Ivashkin 25d ago

When I lived in Manchester, the only time we saw the police was during the first 2 weeks of lockdown when they set up a mini-FOB outside the post office and began questioning people on where they were going and if they really needed to go to the shops or not. When the government told the police to back off, they packed up and were never seen again.

In my new town, we only see them at big events (fireworks, Christmas lights etc).

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u/dmmeyourfloof 25d ago

That's BS.

Police are constantly patrolling central Manchester.

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u/Ivashkin 25d ago

I wasn't in central manchester.

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u/dmmeyourfloof 25d ago

I've seen them regularly in Radcliffe, Prestwich, Bury, Whitefield, Didsbury, Trafford, Central Manchester, Bolton and more besides.