Drug dealer caught with £500 of cannabis in car

“And if the judge had been trying say a pensioner who was behind on her council tax, I can imagine what the sentence would be.


Most certainly not given a chance to straighten their life out, with all the help money can buy thrown in for good measure.

Judge Kate Buckingham - you are not fit for purpose and as such you should step down - IMMEDIATELY - useless, useless, useless.”

“I for one refuse to listen to the harm of any drug until we take away the gun of prohibition.

When a helping hand becomes a hated controlling power.
"It's dangerous"
"Too right it is, you're shooting people for using it.
Put down the gun and we can talk!"

Anyone using force to promote health is not promoting health.”

“SourAlienOG, I don't have to meet you face to face (you look too strange anyway) to teach you the song. Stand up straight, shoulders back, deep breath, control the diaphragm and sing the song……….


You've got me under your skin
You've got me deep in the brain of you
So deep in your brain I'm really a part of you
You've got me under your skin
You tried so not to give in
I said to myself this humiliation will go so well
But why should you try to resist when, stoner, you know darn well
You've got me under your skin

Well done, I'm proud of you and I award you a sticker.”

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“fissionchips


Oh by the way, your too much of a coward to say any of this to my face, thats why your a low life internet stalking troll. I would love to have a face to face discussion with someone like you. :^D”

“fissionchips

How come my arrows went from 2 green to 45 red? Ever since you arrived? In the Space of less than an hour? Seems you have been manipulating the arrow voting system once again, quite pathetic really. Spending all that time red arrowing me lol. You think its going to make a difference you sad troll? bring on the red arrows, your drawing attention to my posts ;) ha”

“lashbaby

How misinformed you are :(

''Yeah legalise it and while we are at it legalise cocaine and then heroin and let chemists sell it.''

I agree :) Better than dangerous criminals selling it, after all a drugs policy should be based on harm reduction, prohibition causes more harm than it prevents, but lets focus on cannabis for the moment.

''Cannabis is always the starter to harder drugs''

See thats where i will have to disagree, cannabis does NOT lead to harder stuff, the gateway theory has been disproved many times, keep up. The only gateway to harder drugs is the dealer who sells cannabis, he may have a bit of coke in his other pocket and may pressurise cannabis smokers. How ever, i know people who have used cannabis for over 20 years and they would never dream of touching anything else, that includes booze and cigs.

''Study the research into mental illness attributed to cannabis use before pontificating on its so called benefits''

Yes i think you should study the potential for harm.

Hickman et al, 2009. A review of all published research so, by definition, not cherry picked. It shows that the risk of lifetime cannabis use correlating with a single diagnosis of psychosis is at worst 0.013% and probably less than 0.003%.

''Although cannabis use increased 10-20 fold over the last 40 years, the number of people with psychosis didn't, indeed, it looks like there might be a downward trend in schizophrenia admissions. If there was a direct link, you might expect to see levels in both either rise or fall together. If there is a link between cannabis use and psychosis it is likely to be complicated, and it is still not clear in which direction an effect occurs. It may be that the link is seen because people who already have psychosis find that smoking cannabis alleviates symptoms like social anxiety, so they smoke to self medicate'' - The British Association for Psychopharmacology

In the UK, cannabis is fully prohibited. Yet the golden rule of any dealer is to sell the strongest stuff for more profits. If cannabis users have no choice of different strains, and only High THC no CBD strains available, it may cause problems in certain susceptible individuals and young people when abused heavily. However, psychosis and schizophrenia will never ever be a side effect. To put things in perspective, alcohol users are 6times more likely to develop psychotic symptoms and psychological problems than cannabis users. I am in no way saying alcohol is guaranteed to cause said psychological problems, but it puts cannabis in perspective. Also, GWpharma who grow thousands of cannabis plants in Kent, sell the worlds most expensive cannabis. Its not cannabis 'based' medicine, its pure cannabis oil in tinctures. Its super concentrated. Street weed is 12-18% THC, GWpharma's Sativex (liquid cannabis) is around 50% THC. MUCH stronger than any herbal cannabis in Holland, let alone the UK. If cannabis caused said mental health problems, wouldnt that be stated in the List of Side effects?

However the long list of benefits outweigh the negatives by far. Its effective in easing symptoms of a wide range of difficult-to-control conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, alcoholism, PTSD, epilepsy, antibiotic-resistant infections and neurological disorders. CBD has demonstrated neuroprotective effects, and its anti-cancer potential is currently being explored at several academic research centres in the U.S. and other countries.

Portugal decriminalized drugs and 10 years later we see a 50% drop in drug use. Holland tolerates cannabis being sold and regulated by coffeeshops to adults only and they have the lowest hard drug use in Europe. When a country legally regulates cannabis, the use goes down and age of first use goes up. Prohibition doesn't work, never has never will, in fact it does the opposite of what its meant to do. SO yes, lets legally regulate for a safer future”

“Yeah legalise it and while we are at it legalise cocaine and then heroin and let chemists sell it. Cannabis is always the starter to harder drugs, just as alcoholics first drink was a pint of beer. It is not the substance but the weakness and dependance of the taker who becomes an addict.
Isolating cannabis from so called hard drugs is like saying beer is ok but spirits are illegal.
Study the research into mental illness attributed to cannabis use before pontificating on its so called benefits.”

“"Leaving the drugs market in the hands of criminals causes huge and unnecessary harms to individuals, communities and entire countries, with the poor the hardest hit. We spend billions of pounds without preventing the wide availability of drugs. It is time to replace our failed war on drugs with a strict system of legal regulation, to make the world a safer, healthier place, especially for our children." - Bob Ainsworth Member of UK Parliament & Former Secretary of State for Defence

"My law enforcement career made it clear to me that the war on drugs is useless. The energy wasted on the unwinnable war on drugs needs to be shifted to more important issues such as sexual assault cases. Law enforcement has limited resources. Those we have should be re-routed from the dead-end war on drugs."
- Betty Taylor Former Chief of Police in Winfield, MO

"A war on drugs--on people, that is unworthy of a country that claims to be free... Decriminalization would end the violence. There are no wine 'cartels' or beer 'gangs.' No one 'smuggles' liquor. Liquor dealers are called 'businesses,' not gangs, and they 'ship' products instead of 'smuggling' them. They settle disputes with lawyers rather than guns... If drugs were legal more young men would find real jobs; police could focus on real crime." - John Stossel Emmy-Winning Reporter & News Program Host for Fox Business Network”

“Cannabis prohibition is coming to an end people, the majority are awaking up and our government only have sheep left to fool. The reasons why its still illegal? Well, Vested interest plays a huge part, also the pressure from the alcohol lobby on spineless politicians, the reefer-madness propaganda campaign which as clouded the minds of the public, but what is it really about? MONEY. Thats why cannabis is illegal! Because the prohibition infrastructure keeps certain people in the job, who wants it illegal? Front Line Police, Drug Testing Companies, Alcohol/tobacco/pharmaceutical companies, the Daily Fail, Scared misinformed conservatives, oh and drug dealers. Who wants it regulated? Economists, Professors, Scientists, Experts, the Majority of the public who know the danger of prohibition. Dont support something that causes more harm than it prevents. That is an economic drain that blights the lives of young people with jail and criminal records. That undermines law enforcement and prevents safe effective medicine from being prescribed. Humans have used cannabis for 10,000 years, thats how long it has been known as medicine, it only recently has been considered a street drug. Why would anyone be comfy with criminals controlling any market?

"For those who want to make society a better place, drug legalization and regulation is a cause worth fighting for... Most police actions, in my experience, are based on the social status of the person who is involved with drugs rather than on any difference in their behaviour. Poor people that use drugs are systematically arrested as drug dealers, whereas rich and middle class people are seen as people with health problems." - Marina Lattavo Detective Inspector”