Cannabis production booming in
Britain, say police (by Alan Travis)
According
to chief constables’ report, clandestine cannabis factories flourish in
Britain. There have been found more than twice as many secret cannabis
factories as four years ago. Organized crime groups are really into the illicit
cannabis production because they see it as a low risk and highly profitable
business. The recession also has a huge impact on the household budgets and has
made the home-grow cannabis production more attractive than before. Cannabis
used to be an import product, but a survey published by the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), shows
that the majority of the cannabis used in Britain is now home-grown rather than
imported. Although there is a raise in illicit cannabis production, police do
not see it as a priority to dismantle cannabis factories. The main concern for
police forces is to tackle the supply of class A drugs such as heroin and
cocaine. Cannabis or A class drugs, they all continue to pose a huge risk for
the UK and organized crime groups become more and more involved in this area of
criminality. Police forces are determined to disrupt the criminal networks and
by doing so reduce the harm caused by drugs.
Organized crime
groups see the cannabis production as a low risk business. If you get caught
the penalty is not extremely high. You get a fine and a “serious” warning and
the next day you are out on the streets again. That is a joke. As long as
cannabis is treated as soft drugs the problems do not disappear but become
bigger every day. We have seen it in the Netherlands, where school children
start smoking weed in their lunch time, because the coffee shop which provides
the cannabis, is around the corner. I think the government better maintain a
strict policy that frightens criminals and start treating cannabis as a serious
matter same as the class A drugs.
The English government has to consider if they want it sold by criminals or for example in a coffee shop. I think it is better to buy soft drugs in a coffee shop than on the streets. Cannabis isn’t the problem. If you legalize soft drugs you are also lost of the criminals. The England government has to take a look at our drug policy. I think it is the best from Europe.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenCannabis seems harmless enough. Criminal networks are not harmless. Why do we keeping financing criminal networks? I however do not think that the Netherlands has the best drug policy. I do not understand the so-called admittance law.
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