Thousands now have private prescriptions for cannabis flower and are permitted to vaporise it in public, but among many police officers there is a lack of understanding about who can access it and where it can be consumed.
He confirmed that the Devonand Cornwall police force had consequently updated and rewritten its relevant policy and “produced a training package that is designed to help the frontline officers in being able to identify genuine medicinal cannabis patients”.
Nicky Donaldson, a 33-year-old eBay trader, ended up handcuffed and taken to a police station in Glasgow after accidentally leaving his bag on a bus in October.
When he went to retrieve it, he was told the driver had searched it and called the police after discovering his medical cannabis, which he was prescribed to ease his anxiety and help his recovery from alcohol use disorder.
Niamh Eastwood, the executive director at Release, a drug law charity, said its helpline had been receiving increasing numbers of calls from people legally prescribed cannabis who had experienced problems with the police, including being arrested for possession.
After speaking to the resident and checking prescription documentation, this cannabis was left in the possession of the resident.” On the raid it said: “Sussex police has apologised to the occupiers for the inconvenience and intrusion.”
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Thousands now have private prescriptions for cannabis flower and are permitted to vaporise it in public, but among many police officers there is a lack of understanding about who can access it and where it can be consumed.
He confirmed that the Devonand Cornwall police force had consequently updated and rewritten its relevant policy and “produced a training package that is designed to help the frontline officers in being able to identify genuine medicinal cannabis patients”.
Nicky Donaldson, a 33-year-old eBay trader, ended up handcuffed and taken to a police station in Glasgow after accidentally leaving his bag on a bus in October.
When he went to retrieve it, he was told the driver had searched it and called the police after discovering his medical cannabis, which he was prescribed to ease his anxiety and help his recovery from alcohol use disorder.
Niamh Eastwood, the executive director at Release, a drug law charity, said its helpline had been receiving increasing numbers of calls from people legally prescribed cannabis who had experienced problems with the police, including being arrested for possession.
After speaking to the resident and checking prescription documentation, this cannabis was left in the possession of the resident.” On the raid it said: “Sussex police has apologised to the occupiers for the inconvenience and intrusion.”
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