Drugs Flashcards
What year was the Misuse of Drugs Act?
1971
What is the role of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD)?
Required to advise the government on decisions such as classifying a substance.
What Act meant that police could test on arrest for class A drugs.
Drugs Act 2005.
Under what act can you arrest if deemed appropriate and necessary for any offence?
Serious Organised Crime and Practice Act (SoCaP 2005)
Who conducts the most amount of seizures and what percentage?
97% by local police
What two drugs has there been an increase in seizures?
Cocaine and Cannabis
List the 4 points in the Community damage limitation approach
- Reduce drug use and associated harms
- Reduce drug-related violence
- Prevents growth of criminal organisations/networks
- Protects neighbourhoods
What are 3 ‘high level’ policing strategies?
- Crop Programmes: striking at the source
- Interdiction : stop drugs at the border
- Tackling organised crime: take out main people
What are 4 ‘low level’ policing strategies?
- Risks and prices : increase price due to increase risk
- Constricting the market: harder to buy
- Selective policing: targeting heavy users
- Inconvenience policing: stop and search
What are two main unintended consequence of enforcement?
- Displacement - problem displaces to other areas
2. Criminalises users and doesnt help their welfare.
