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Cops Cave on Cannabis Revealing Where in the UK They Turn a Blind Eye to Use of the Drug

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 08/23/2016 - 08:45

JUST one in four offenders caught with cannabis are charged, a Sun investigation can reveal.

It shows police attitudes vary widely across the UK — with addiction charities saying some forces turn a blind eye to cannabis use.

Some offenders are getting off scot free because of a lax police attitude to drug laws.

While a few forces crack down most have a “softly-softly” approach — and a few virtually turn a blind eye.

In Hampshire, 65 per cent of those caught with cannabis end up with a charge or summons. But in Cambridgeshire it falls to 14 per cent and Hertfordshire, Staffordshire and Devon and Cornwall it is 16 per cent.

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