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Is this the beginning of the UK’s cannabis revolution?

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 07/22/2015 - 11:41

Durham Police Chief Commissioner says his force is no longer targeting small-scale farmers of the drug – are we edging closer to legalisation?

One maverick police commissioner is leading a charge against the prosecution of people who grow and smoke weed at home. Durham PCC Ron Hogg says that his force will no longer be going after "users and small-scale growers" and wants to see people arrested only if they’re being blatant about production.

Speaking to the Independent, Hogg outlined the need for police forces across the UK to focus their energies on tackling multi-million pound criminal enterprises, rather than Britons growing weed at home and smoking it there. He does however still regard cannabis to be a dangerous drug but wants to help "addicts" recover, rather than keep them in a cycle of crime.

“Our objective is to reduce harm," said Hogg. "And as cannabis does cause harm, we...

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