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did anyone catch the little gem in the local paper what the goverment said it would class as personal use
1oz weed
something like 2oz solids cut into 1/8th
5 EEs
and so many wraps of crack, or heroin
whats this all about anyone carrying that amout im sure is going to jail ;)
Sure did catch that article Duppy Man. I saw it in a Birmingham paper.....
We'll have to wait and see what happens.
500 drug joints 'is not dealing'
David Barrett
PEOPLE caught with up to 500 cannabis "joints" are likely to escape drug dealing charges under proposals out today.
Home Secretary Charles Clarke revealed plans to set a "threshold" for the amount of drugs an individual can claim is their personal "stash". Until now, anyone caught with 500 joints could have faced serious criminal charges for dealing. In future, they may face the lesser charge of possession.
Liberal Democrats claimed the proposals will lead to dealers being "let off the hook" and the Conservatives said it would make the battle against illegal drug use even harder.
The proposed thresholds are seven grams in bulk or 10 or more 0.1 gram "wraps" of heroin, cocaine or crack cocaine, 10 tablets of ecstasy, 4oz or 10 individual pieces of cannabis resin and 0.5kg or more than 20 individual 2in-by-2in bags of cannabis leaf. According to drugs education charity DrugScope, four ounces of cannabis would be enough for 512 joints.
The levels were set out in a letter from the Home Office's Drugs Legislation and Enforcement Unit which said they were based on an agreement already in force between an un-named police force and the Crown Prosecution Service.
Intent
But it said: "Being in possession of a lower-than-prescribed amount of a controlled drug will not prevent prosecution for the offence of intent to supply if other evidence demonstrates the defendant had the necessary intent, for example, the possession of dealing paraphernalia or test purchase evidence."
The Association of Chief Police Officers has previously avoided setting a cannabis threshold because it would lead to "street dealers... only carrying around amounts smaller than that prescribed".
Liberal Democrat spokesman Alistair Carmichael said: "If police and prosecutors take these proposals as a rule of thumb, a lot of dealers are going to be let off the hook."
Shadow minister Cheryl Gillan said: "Dealers will know what they can and can't get away with. This will not help in the fight against drug use."
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