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UK: MP's anger at drug cautions
Lancaster Evening Post
Thursday 06 Sep 2007 Lancashire police let more than 200 people caught carrying cannabis off with just a slap on the wrist, according to new figures. Government figures show that 210 formal warnings, which bring no criminal record, were handed out for possession of the drug in the county in 2006/7. This is a 46% fall since 2004, when police were first told not to prosecute most minor first-time offenders, in comparison to increases in the rest of the country. Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans has accused police of treating stamping out smoking in public more seriously than possession of cannabis. However, police insist figures showing they took 179 people to court for possession of the drug between April and August this year, shows how tough they are on drugs. Mr Evans, whose constituency includes Fulwood, said: "My message to the Government and police is that this must be treated extremely seriously. "It is a gateway drug. This is not a socially acceptable drug. Talk to any doctor and they will tell you the psychiatric damage it can do is ghastly." http://www.lep.co.uk/news/MP39s-anger-at-drug-cautions.3179648.jp
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