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

li10@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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    TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    lol
    
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