DRUG LEGISLATION WASTES POLICE TIME

Research involving 150 frontline patrol officers who carry out
stop-and-search operations for drugs has revealed that half of them have
admitted using cannabis, and that many support a more liberal approach.

More than half also believed that cannabis legislation harmed relations
between police and young people, and it was said that those arrested for
possession were less likely to help the police to solve more serious crimes.

Recent Home Office figures show that 99 per cent of drug-related crime
affecting the community stems from heroin and crack cocaine addiction, and
yet 70 per cent of police time deals with cannabis offences.

The cannabis laws are unenforceable and polls show the public don't want
them enforcing.

If present policy is to continue, the people of Hull deserve to know why
it's appropriate to prosecute cannabis smokers instead of using valuable
resources and police time to catch drunken thugs, violent criminals and
muggers.

Carl Wagner

Legalise Cannabis Alliance

Victoria Square, Ella street, Hull