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Police respond to Brown: "Don't criminalise young people who are experimenting"

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In a response to Gordon Brown's expected u-turn on the classification of cannabis in the UK, police chief constables have reportedly indicated that they will not prosecute "young people who are experimenting".

Instead the police officers have said that they will continue to give a warning for anyone found in possession as well as confiscating their herbs.

Under guidance from the Acpo (Association of Chief Police Officers) officers will be told that the "The key will be the discretion for officers to strike the right balance," but that they should be aware of the greater powers they have available when there are 'aggravating factors.'
mattbrawn

18 responses // Police respond to Brown: "Don't criminalise young people who are experimenting"

  • i think thats a good thing, you shouldn't prosecute young people who want to experiement, they should be targeting the dealers!
    fostec
  • nope. we should target all of the social ills that have simple solutions that lead people to taking hard drugs & taking the massive risks inherent in selling them.

    more jobs, better pay, & respect for worker's rights would go a very long way in curbing all of the vice related problems we face in many of today's societies.

    if marijuana were decriminalized the we would all benefit.
    blackdaylight
  • I think this is a good decision by the police. Many young people are going to experiment with marijuana regardless of if it's classified or decriminalized. We're already faced with overcrowded prisons, full of non-violent criminals. I say police should let kids be kids, let them smoke pot, and focus their efforts on tackling the disturbing rise in gun and knife crime that's happening in the UK.
    crababble
  • Good for the British police!

    Here in America - we destroy people's lives over a tiny amount of drugs. Why? Why do we inflict injury on our own? Why do we persecute people for hurting no one?
    VoyagerFilms
  • Them British bobbies sure gots smarts. Not like here in the Yoonited States.
    Julie_Soller
  • So it's ok for kids to experiment and not adults? I'm an 18 year old saying this. But for real just let people be.
    iknew
  • Indeed this is great news! If only American law enforcement used the same kind of levelheadedness.
    ooohexxxplode
  • Governments criminalize weed, yet regulate the sales of alcohol and cigarettes. People should be able to grow cannibis at home in their gardens and flower beds. Ditto poppies. These occur in nature, unlike the synthetic addictive processed drugs Big Pharma has made legal through costly legislative lobbying.
    96thdayofrage
  • Gordon Brown is a mindless socialist. But the police should still enforce the policies of the government and not be insubordinate, whether the policies are right or wrong.

    "Maybe the anthropologist who conducted this research was on meth at the time. I say that because he completely avoided the horrible after affects of taking such a drug." How could he be on the drug as well as avoid the consequences of taking it? That's a logical fallacy. I'd want to avoid "after affects" too if I were writing a research report. Misspelling words curtails the authority of the writer.
    kjohansen
  • I dont smoke, but I believe that people should be allowed to do what they would like within reason,
    If some kids want to go out and get stoned, why not?
    Hopefully some [as I do] will find it pointless and not worth the problems that come with the drug.
    Laws can't make people care about their health and well being; so why try?
    Wicker_duh
  • One small step for the UK, a giant leap in the legalization of Marijauna process. Within 20 years Mariajana will be completely lagalized.
    McGaspa
  • I think this is a good thing. It's a very fine line. If someone experiments then its all good. What happens when that person decides to do it for the long term. If teens are allowed to try it they should be able to make it a life style if thats what they choose. I know this is an impossiblity due to the stringent laws and guidelines governing marijuana. I do think the police are doing a good thing. The understanding and ability to adapt needs to move beyond the local police to the people that actually make the laws.
    natedawson
  • I am mixed here.
    Hitting a bowl occasionally is not really that big of a deal... It is kind of a thing you go through in your youth, a growing experience, i would almost be so bold as to say it is a right of passage.
    On the other hand, though, lots of people who START using drugs recreationally as teenagers graduate to more intense drugs as a destructive lifestyle. Not everyone, of course, but it happens.
    Maybe weed should be looked at a little more leniently, and the 5-0 should start focusing in on harder, more dangerous drugs and the people who make or distribute them.
    jamigraphic
  • No one should be prosecuted for cannabis. Many people use cannabis for medicinal reasons and others use it recreationally. Cannabis can be used responsibly and people should be allowed to use it without fear of arrest. Cannabis is not a threat to society. At one time in the U.S. it was illegal NOT to grow hemp. George Washington talked about growing hemp and 'smokable cannabis.' The War on Drugs is a failure. Legalization, taxation, regulation, and education would be a much better investment.

    When we recognized that alcohol was funding organized crime, we legalized and taxed it. Now our government tells us that illicit drugs are funding terrorism and gangs, and we allow a thriving black market to flourish.
    jasontomalia
  • again , it's a parents job to teach their kids how to enjoy drugs responsibly - it starts at home - if more parents took the time to do drugs with their kids then there wouldn't be so many problems - pot is a "gateway drug" only when parents aren't minding the gate .
    malathion
  • while the british are getting stoned.our children can experiment with rubber cement and progress to oxycodone.
    kingtsohg
  • as a regular smoker, i don't see what the big deal is, when used responsibly, and i don't think smoking weed leads to harder drugs, it just leads to being really happy for a couple hours, its the individuals decision that leads to harder drugs, its not like weed grows a mouth and tells you to start doing meth or something, experiment away British kids, enjoy the awesomeness of weed.
    justwannafindmytrue
  • I'm actually going to be working on a paper about decrimilizing drugs.

    justwannafindmytrue, there's a lot of people on hard drugs that started on pot. The weed just didn't cut it for them anymore.
    CarlosIsDown

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