An Area of England Has Basically Just Decriminalized Weed
A police chief in the North East of England has effectively given weed smokers the go-ahead to grow plants for their own use. Ron Hogg, Durham's Police and Crime Commissioner, says that local cannabis users will only be targeted if they grow for commercial gain or if they smoke it in a "blatant" way.
Hogg said that he hoped to open up the conversation around drug policy in the UK: "We are not prioritising people who have a small number of cannabis plants for their own use. In low-level cases we say it is better to work with them and put them in a position where they can recover.
"In these cases the most likely way of dealing with them would be with a caution and by taking the plants away and disposing of them," he continued. "It is unlikely that a case like that would be brought before a...
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