Smoke Scare

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n952/a10.html
Newshawk: JimmyG
Pubdate: Sun, 04 Jul 2004
Source: Observer, The (UK)
Copyright: 2004 The Observer
Contact: letters@observer.co.uk
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Author: Dr Marcus Roberts
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SMOKE SCARE

It is not often that The Observer plays on fears of 'mayhem on the streets'.  But this was the response of your editorial to Police Federation claims ( News, last week ) that downgrading cannabis had resulted in drug dealers 'openly flouting the law' and users brazenly taunting the police. 

Only a very stupid dealer would want to attract police attention.  The maximum prison sentence for supplying cannabis is still 14 years.  For possession it is now two years. 

The Association of Chief Police Officers guidance on the cannabis laws clearly states that officers can arrest anyone 'smoking in public and flouting the law'. 

There is an element of discretion, as there always was.  Certainly, nobody is asking police officers to put up with people 'blowing dope smoke in their faces'. 

Cannabis is not harmless, but some drugs are more damaging than others, and it is right for the police to prioritise such hard drugs as heroin and crack. 

Before the law changed, policing cannabis took up an estimated 770,000 hours a year - the equivalent of 500 full-time officers.  This was not a desirable use of time, and it hardly squared with public priorities for policing. 

Dr Marcus Roberts

Head of Policy, DrugScope

London SE1

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