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‘They put handcuffs on me’: UK users of medical cannabis tell of raids and arrests
(www.theguardian.com)
Sure would be a lot easier if we just legalised cannabis
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We can't have that though, then the 1-3 businesses (owned by Tory mates) that have a licence to grow would have to face competition!
Also the illegal market is pretty well established as an encumbant. Most dealers sell the same stuff that can be found nationwide, a lot of it is contaminated, eg with desiccants.
You can still stifle competition with legal products. The Tory mates would just become sole suppliers to outlets selling the stuff legally.
But selling weed legally would mean there would be an avenue to produce better quality contamination free weed. At the moment there isn't.
We just have to wait a few more months for Labour to get into power, right.....?
Such a shame Starmer has a bigger anti drug hard on that anybody in the current Cabinet, thats probably two GEs before legalization can be put forward with a chance of passing.
I think their concern is that laws would most likely allow some limited personal growing, and they're worried this would significantly affect their profits. It probably wouldn't, but if it's already a business decision then why would they risk it?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Thousands now have private prescriptions for cannabis flower and are permitted to vaporise it in public, but among many police officers there is a lack of understanding about who can access it and where it can be consumed.
He confirmed that the Devonand Cornwall police force had consequently updated and rewritten its relevant policy and “produced a training package that is designed to help the frontline officers in being able to identify genuine medicinal cannabis patients”.
Nicky Donaldson, a 33-year-old eBay trader, ended up handcuffed and taken to a police station in Glasgow after accidentally leaving his bag on a bus in October.
When he went to retrieve it, he was told the driver had searched it and called the police after discovering his medical cannabis, which he was prescribed to ease his anxiety and help his recovery from alcohol use disorder.
Niamh Eastwood, the executive director at Release, a drug law charity, said its helpline had been receiving increasing numbers of calls from people legally prescribed cannabis who had experienced problems with the police, including being arrested for possession.
After speaking to the resident and checking prescription documentation, this cannabis was left in the possession of the resident.” On the raid it said: “Sussex police has apologised to the occupiers for the inconvenience and intrusion.”
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