Comment on Britain’s prehistoric attitude to drugs isn’t working. Why not learn from Texas? | Simon Jenkins

• li10@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The fact that houses stink of weed and police walk straight past. There’s a notorious smoking spot around where I live, they don’t bother with it.

  I’ve walked past police officers while I smell like weed, if they were to stop everyone like that they’d have their hands full.

  As long as you don’t do it directly in front of them and they’re not looking for a reason to arrest you, they’re not gonna bother.

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  • rah@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    if they were to stop everyone like that they’d have their hands full

    Just because they have to prioritise, doesn’t mean they’re happy about people using cannabis.

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    • li10@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Mate, they’re people too. They generally don’t care on a personal level, and as you say they prioritise everything else.

      Nobody cares about people smoking weed except pearl clutchers.

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      • rah@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Mate, they’re people too.

        This does not accord with my experience.

        They generally don’t care on a personal level

        Again, this does not accord with my experience.

        except pearl clutchers

        You mean like mini Hitlers who get nervous when people don’t Follow The Rules? AKA police officers?

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• socsa@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I had a security agent at Standsted dig through my carryon, pull out my vape pen, give me a dirty look, and then put it right back where she found it.

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  • rah@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    give me a dirty look

    QED

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