420 Cannabis Picnic - Why So Many Police ?

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So I walked into Hyde Park from Marble Arch on Wednesday and was surprised to see 30 - 40 plod some with dogs. There were also signs saying that cannabis was illegal and amnesty buckets placed at the entrance to the park.

What I saw in the park were lots of young people enjoying some music, chatting and yes they were smoking. The smell of the weed reminded me of a misspent youth.

Seriously was this a good use of police resources?


http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/apr/21/tho...

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Contact police to report your car or bike stolen and invariably there is nobody available to react BUT a harmless event like this and 30 - 40 plod, no problem.

They were nicking the odd person seemingly selected by the dogs or at random.

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1 Arrest for class A drugs, the rest were for cannabis:-

the end of the day, one 27-year-old woman had been arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply a class A substance, 19 people were arrested for possession of cannabis and 12 more were issued with cannabis warnings, according to the Met.

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PH XKR said:

Do you guys think its accepable to stink a public park for families out with canabis or cigarette smoke?

Now its moving off topic but its the same with those vape pens. All of a sudden we have people thinking its ok again to "smoke" outside schools picking kids up, some of them make more steam than a classic car with a blown head gasket

We are talking about a PARK which is obviously OUTSIDE. I got some of the smell because I chose to walk by close to them to enjoy the odour.

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PH XKR said:

Well with 3 friends highly dependant on it, if they dont get it they get into extreme rages, all 3 normal before use. But thats only 3 right?

I've never heard of anybody getting such a reaction from cannabis and I know a few users.

How odd that you know 3.

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Jazzy Jefferson said:

PH XKR said:

Well with 3 friends highly dependant on it, if they dont get it they get into extreme rages, all 3 normal before use. But thats only 3 right?

Can I ask, Do they smoke cigarettes or tobacco with their weed?

Or (more likely) are they also using other stuff?

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PH XKR said:

maybe I keep bad company

Very Good.

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PH XKR said:

maybe I keep bad company

Very Good.

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PH XKR said:

perhaps if you live somewhere like the North, but it is very rare I get a whiff of the stuff. Hardly old myself, go out regularly just not to some skank joint which attracts the sort of dole scum that feel the need to smoke it in a public place.

Skank joints such as Hyde Park you mean?

Seriously they were just young people having a good time. I just felt too old to join them.

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PH XKR said:

Aphex said:

PH XKR said:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wale...

all over weed

I'd say thats more over debt and plain stupidity

caused by weed

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/6963351/Stag-do-violence-on-flight.html

Caused by alcohol.

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Esseesse said:

RobinOakapple said:

Esseesse said:

One substance that can have undesirable effects being legal isn't an argument to legalise another.

Actually, yes, it is.

Ok it's an argument, but not a good one.

Actually, yes, it is - a very good argument

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At the risk of getting back onto the subject. If the cannabis party goers had wanted to avoid the IMO ridiculous police presence all they had to do was to enter the park from the Knightsbridge end. I didn't see any police at that end of the park.

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V6Pushfit said:

Please read the thread title this ones about cannabis.

Actually it's more about the police's response to a very minor event. I wrote the thread title.

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V6Pushfit said:

^ A bunch of wasters on a mission in a park while others are working and leading normal lives does nothing but show the demographic of cannabis use. 3/4 of them probably have to use their benefits money on it in the first place as they are unemployable

If you had seen them in the park you would never say that.

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The youngsters I saw in Hyde Park last week did not look a bit like CHAVS, they looked more like students. I did not see or hear anything threatening or unpleasant.

There are some very narrow minded people posting on this thread.

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Mr Gearchange said:

Not yet - I have only just stumbled upon this thread and it's hugely entertaining. I want to hear more of V6's ill-informed knee jerk vitriol.

Apparently Mr V6 has departed the thread.

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skyrover said:

As someone who's parents both extensively used cannabis in their younger days and now suffer with memory issues and anxiety as a result, I am firmly in the "cannabis bad" camp.

Why are you so sure that your parents memory loss is due to cannabis? Millions of cannabis users do not get memory loss.

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PH XKR said:

bad company said:

skyrover said:

As someone who's parents both extensively used cannabis in their younger days and now suffer with memory issues and anxiety as a result, I am firmly in the "cannabis bad" camp.

Why are you so sure that your parents memory loss is due to cannabis? Millions of cannabis users do not get memory loss.

you stoners are fantastic, you ignore any negative view and try to deflect. I have witnessed the damage, now skyrover chirps in and you are questioning if two unrelated adults from two genetically diverse parents, can both seem to suffer the exact same issues that are known to be linked to pot use.

Bravo

I haven't ignored anything, I simply asked why he was sure that the problem was caused by cannabis. As I said millions of users have no such problems.

Where is the proof to back up your statement that - 'issues that are known to be linked to pot use'?

Edited by bad company on Monday 25th April 18:24

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V6 has said goodbye 6 times now.

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V6Pushfit said:

Just look at yourselves you're so wrapped up in maintaining your cannabis use and ideally legally that your wafer thin excuses and justifications are little more than that and just go round in circles.
What you should be doing is going guns out to nail the dealers in bad stuff, and actively promote not introducing others particularly teenagers etc to it.
I cannot continue to be part of a topic that gives tax revenue as a main reason to legalise, or tries to say that criminality will reduce or that cannabis doesn't affect memory loss in age.
In conclusion it's impossible to deny the severe psychotic risk of cannabis, but you choose to ignore this both for yourselves and others and I find this morally reprehensible and self indulgent.
This could be a worthwhile argument both ways but some posters have the discussion ability of children and can't see when their own posts look banal
Permanent off now, so you can all tell eachother how alcohol and fatty foods are worse etc etc yawn without anybody interrupting the self justification.

Many, probably most of us do not use cannabis.

I really can't understand why you keep saying you are leaving the thread. Your opinion is as valid as anybody else's but by continually flouncing you make yourself look foolish.