From: "Patrick Herron" <[log in to unmask]>
> And I read a story months back that in London (was it?) the
> police were going to refuse to enforce marijuana laws? Can any of you
> across the Atlantic confirm or deny these bloodshot rumors?
This last is probably The Lambeth Affair.
In a go-it-alone test, the London Borough of Lambeth, under Commander Brian
Paddick, stopped busts for possession.
Currently (surprise, surprise) Brian Paddick is not quite under suspension
but transferred to other duties.
The experiment seems to have been completely successful.
It looks as if, in the near future, cannabis will be dropped from class B to
Class C in Britain (i.e. -- nice distinction -- not legal but
decriminalised).
PotShops are springing out all over -- still not legal, but nobody seems to
be much bothered.
Robin
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