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The cannabis pilot was launched on July 2 last year and was due to last
six months. The Met now says it will continue until the home secretary has
ruled on reclassification.
. In the first six months officers and civilian staff saved more than 2,500
hours and led to a 19% increase in arrests of class A drug dealers. The
number of arrests for dealing cannabis rose 11%.
. The Police Federation claimed the initiative had confused children and
encouraged crack cocaine dealers. This view was supported by a Mori poll
commissioned for the Police Foundation. Forty-one per cent of those asked
said they knew nothing about it and out of the 56% who claimed they did,
some believed that cannabis had been legalised or decriminalised.
. The police said the poll of 2,055 Lambeth residents showed 83% either
supported the experiment outright or conditionally. But critics pointed to
other statistics which indicated that while half of all white residents in
Brixton supported the experiment, the majority of black and Asian residents
opposed it.
. Schools that replied to a police questionnaire about the use of cannabis
by pupils suggests that the experiment had had no adverse effect on
behaviour. Data suggests that the idea of an influx of drug tourists into
Lambeth is a myth.
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Pubdate: Tue, 02 Jul 2002
Source: Guardian, The (UK)
Copyright: 2002 Guardian Newspapers Limited
Contact: letters@guardian.co.uk
Website: https://www.guardian.co.uk/guardian/
Details: MapInc (Cannabis - United Kingdom)
six months. The Met now says it will continue until the home secretary has
ruled on reclassification.
. In the first six months officers and civilian staff saved more than 2,500
hours and led to a 19% increase in arrests of class A drug dealers. The
number of arrests for dealing cannabis rose 11%.
. The Police Federation claimed the initiative had confused children and
encouraged crack cocaine dealers. This view was supported by a Mori poll
commissioned for the Police Foundation. Forty-one per cent of those asked
said they knew nothing about it and out of the 56% who claimed they did,
some believed that cannabis had been legalised or decriminalised.
. The police said the poll of 2,055 Lambeth residents showed 83% either
supported the experiment outright or conditionally. But critics pointed to
other statistics which indicated that while half of all white residents in
Brixton supported the experiment, the majority of black and Asian residents
opposed it.
. Schools that replied to a police questionnaire about the use of cannabis
by pupils suggests that the experiment had had no adverse effect on
behaviour. Data suggests that the idea of an influx of drug tourists into
Lambeth is a myth.
--
Pubdate: Tue, 02 Jul 2002
Source: Guardian, The (UK)
Copyright: 2002 Guardian Newspapers Limited
Contact: letters@guardian.co.uk
Website: https://www.guardian.co.uk/guardian/
Details: MapInc (Cannabis - United Kingdom)