The only reason the synthetic garbage exists is due to the police trying to clamp down on cannabis way back so a new legal high was created, JWH-XXX (Spice rubbish). Thanks prohibition, creating problems that would never exist.
@@a_soldierz_genetics You're lucky, over here in the U.K it is completely illegal, even for medical reasons (pretty much). In the states i know it's still illegal at the federal level but you have places openly selling it in the recreational use states. Sadly the U.K is at least 10 years away, probably more.
@@SmokeyMcPot42087 so within the 50 states, there is about 8-10 that have it, completely illegal. Then, if you drive to another, they have medical and recreational. Drive to another, and they’ll put you away for life, for growing it. I just wish they’d make it legal, all the way across the board. I’m just confused on how alcohol, is safer than cannabis🤦♂️
@@PhillRobinson It doesn’t matter what you think, in fact it doesn’t matter so much that I’m going to smoke a bowl in your honor sir well done for being no one
This is shocking waste of tax payers money. About 20 coppers and a dog to catch people with small amounts for personal use. What do they think they are achieving here?
Drugs especially cocaine can lead to a person acting out of the norm , it can lead to acts such as rape , kidnapping and murder , you’ll find a lot of murders are drug related so by stopping it here it actually saved people’s lives down the line
@@danielrainford2417 Alcohol does this to people too, infact alot of domestics are due to alcohol. But that's okay, instead of getting high we can say we're getting drunk so it doesn't sound like alcohol isn't a drug
@IDK I’m aware of that but there is a difference between controlled use which the army , raf and navy did monitor the use of cocaine , there is a difference between that and just taking loads and loads and loads of it , the tiniest amount of cocaine I agree doesn’t cause much harm but it can create addicts which can lead to a lot of harm , i do agree with you and I also believe that instead of arresting for cocaine use and other drugs instead there should be research gone into it to find out why they are taking it why they have it on them for instance are they suffering mentally in which case help them and if they are being blackmailed by drug dealers etc ....
If the only reason for the illegal status of drugs was deaths then weed should be perfectly legal while alcohol should be class A. They talk such shit, it’s purely about money.
I think about this every single time, alcohol kills thousands and thousands, but it sells billions. Yet nobody questions it at all because they’re the ones addicted to it!!
@@mrgeek434 because prohibition doesn’t work for any substance, a better idea would be to decriminalise drugs and destroy the black markets they support by being illegal.
@@mrgeek434 if alcohol was illegal think of how many billions they’d lose on alcohol product itself, same reason cigarettes are illegal, the little tiny sticks the poison your body over time and kill you. Money, money, money .
@Graham Moore Yes, what right does anyone have to tell another what they can and can’t put in their own body? I have the Same argument for the vaccine as well. If people don’t want to take it then cool, it’s their bodies and they shouldn’t have anything put in it either. Treat addicts as just that “addicts” treat them for their condition but don’t criminalise the rest of their lives by punishing them.
@@DAZZER435 If they magically stopped all the cocaine coming in, something else would replace it. Humans and drugs go together, we have always done them, even animals take magic mushrooms.
@@MyNameIsOcean I thought about it for a while. Then I decided to research it. It's supposed to be given out in a tamper resistant container with a marker in it, so if it's discovered elsewhere, they know where it came from.
@@markp8295 all anti corruption measures do is move the corruption up a level, now instead of uniform cops stealing evidence its their boss or their boss’s boss. Any organization with power will corrupt
Great use of time and money. Police are on the streets for the night anyway to keep clubbers safe who bring in loads for the treasury through alcohol tax, income of the employees, properties, licensing etc... Whilst they're at it, they may as well catch a few dealers and save the NHS from a few ODs.
@@markp8295 arresting people for possession mate if they legalised and controlled all drugs they wouldn't have to worry about dealers it's fucking ridiculous why is alcohol different? Does it cause less trouble? Does it not damage the body? Bollocks
@@tylersheehan-ford4047 Alcohol is too easy to make. Can be used for life responsibly without effecting anyone and is part of culture. The countries that have legalised weed (Holland) have seen lots of mental health side effects including vastly increased suicide rates. Legal drugs would need to be so highly taxed to counteract the health service costs that dealers would still exist. Why do you think Holland is slowly reversing the Cafe law. They decriminalised possession of small amounts, but you can still be fired from work of your employer chooses to test you. As for harder drugs, their is lots more risk to the public, so unless you're willing to go to a padded cell and then use, whilst paying for all of the aftercare, facility and staff, then it's not going to work. We don't even allow euthanasia. It's basically the same thing.
@@tylersheehan-ford4047 Alcohol is a big issue. I believe the pubs, clubs and shops that sell are to blame. They should not be allowed to serve to anyone who is tipsy. So 2 pint max for most people. Drop drink drive limit to half current level. 2017 survey of U.K. households showed an average of £45.31 was spend on alcohol a week. Or £94,000 over 40 year working life. NHS recons it spends £3,500,000,000 a year on alcohol related issues. Tax on alcohol is based on units per litre. Plus VAT. But averages at 25%. 94,000/40*0.25=£ 587.50/year tax per household. 3.5Bn/587.50=5.9 million households. So it does at least pay for the medical costs. However, I'm teetotal and so is my wife. We have 15 years of work between us at an approx average of £25k. So we're over 1 years pay after tax better off because of not drinking. That's another a new car, or 25 week long holidays, or the cost of a child to the age of 10. Or as we have done it, a house with an extra room that we rent out, increasing out net wealth further.
@Js S correction, most serious crimes revolve around the black market for drugs that was created by the failed war on drugs which has seen a grand total of fuck all positive happen and a load of people who committed what would be victimless "crimes" if they weren't forced to go to dodgy dave down the road instead of a dispensary. So many stubborn boomers in this country...
All that money spent on officers and highly trained dogs just to catch a few grams of weed and a few pills from users...congratulations. I’m sure the drug cartels and organised crime groups find this ‘war on drugs’ very cute 😂
@@joseph1845 Exactly, they should put money into recovery for addicts instead of treating them as criminals. Im sure 99 percent of people using gear or pills are doing it only when they go out clubbing anyway. The others who are just using to use clearly have had a troubled life or problems. Theyre trying to avoid the pain of it,.
Great job. When are the Tory party the party the party of Law and Order going to replace the 44 thousand constables they have dismissed. The 164 law courts they've closed.resulting in a massive back log in cases waiting for trial. The 33 police stations closed in London when Boris Johnson was mayor of London.
Instead of going for the supplier for those drugs, they rather arrest random, sometimes hard working people that just want some fun in weekends. what a joke.
Literally keep the people making the large amount of money and harming people in the clear but round up those who either want to have fun or have issues themselves they’re not dealing with correctly 🙄
They go for both. You just don’t see them go for the supplier. They have specialist task forces set up to deal with that very issue. It’s just a lot of confidential information so they can’t record it for TV. The law is the law I’m afraid if you have class A on you or large amounts of Class B then your getting nicked.
@@iamjames8200 I just don’t believe in criminalising users, it should be aim for rehabilitation, if it doesn’t harm anyone else I don’t understand why it’s anyone else issue? (FYI I am not a drug user lol)
@@kyoujinkodoesn’t mean he’s a dealer just means he knows or has been around it before?? Explain pls? It’s hard to avoid considering you can’t walk to the beach without smelling weed or walking down a city at night and not seeing someone sniffing something on a night out so looking forward to your explanation 👌🏽
The problem with drugs is dealers, not users. Dealers are in control of supply of potentially harmful or spiked drugs. Dealers are often involved in crime due to an unregulated industry that leads to violence. But, even so, dealers are STILL not inherently to blame. If drug use was regulated and not criminalised in the same way that it is right now, drug dealers wouldn't exist. There would be more safety around drugs, less addiction due to more support for those who were addicted (instead of being imprisoned immediately, they would be helped). I've seen people dangerously unwell on drugs, and nobody wanted to call an ambulance out of fear or getting arrested. And some drugs are dangerous, yes. But cannabis? For God's sake. Cannabis overdose does not exist. Alcohol can cause liver damage and binge drinking can kill in one night. When people are being sexually assaulted, raped, murdered; what a terrible waste of resources this is.
I partially agree. Partially, because people who are not using recreationally and get hooked can become a problem as they start stealing to feed their habit.
@@boskee u can say that about anything. Furthermore cannabis has proven scientifically to not be an addictive substance. People can get hooked on it but it's quite rare.
@@YusufKhan-wm2os While I agree that cannabis is non-addictive in quality, the sensations it gives people are. Almost all cannabis users I've known (well over 50) most of them used it as a massive crutch and couldn't give it up. The drug itself may not cause addiction, but using it is most certainly addicitve! It's less commonly seen to cause violent crimes, but it does cause people to do stupid things like petty theft and driving under the influence.
@@sophiakronteres7541 Go study the psychological cognitive effects of cannabis before you make a ridiculous claim like that. Cannabis does not interfere or disrupt the processes of your anterior insular cortex or frontal lobe which are parts of the brain linked to empathy and logical interpersonal reasoning. Cannabis use does not lead to petty crimes the same way cigarettes and alcohol do not lead to petty crimes. Your sense of defiance towards authoratity or need for thrill or sometimes even sheer need to survive may lead to petty crimes like stealing. You do not know what you are talking about.
It definitely is people body language that gives them away more than the dog. An old colleague of mine told me a story of when he took recreational weed (in the UK) and he was about to go on holiday to Spain with his wife and kids. By the time they were getting through security he remembered he had weed on him that he forgot to leave at home. He saw the drugs dog coming down the line and he was bricking himself, but he stayed calm, so when the dog came to him and sniffed him around and took an interest in him, he began to be friendly,put on a smile and said something along the line of "oh he's probably smelling my dogs on me". Then the officers moved along. He managed to get to Spain with some weed on him, all be it that it was before the 2000s so maybe that also helped
Damn lucky guy! Worst feeling having a bag on your and sniffer dogs walk into the club. Its funny all of a sudden everyone needs to use the toilet.. 😂I ended up having to finish off nearly .4grams in one go instead of throwing it away. Jesus christ I coulda swore I was so pinged I could of danced 24 hrs straight
Panic attacks are harmless. so literally anything is more harmful than that - drugs aren’t harmless. The worst that will happen from a panic attack is pins and needles in his fingers from hyperventilating.
@@ThatgirlnamedJodie is there not a difference between voluntary taking something that could harm you, vs a group of people standing around you, manhandling you to the point that you have a panic attack?
@@ThatgirlnamedJodie They’re just not though. They’re so mentally distressing and you’re lays worried about when the next one will come. The fact he went through that much emotional distress just for a pill or two because so many officers surrounded him. He was clearly the baddest guy on the street that night for sure 🙄 honestly a waste of police time
I got caught once by a dog on a night out with half a g, I just gave it up to them and they let me go. Didn’t even search me and I had another g in my pocket 😂
Did they write your name down ? ... if so your name is now on their computer for a drug related offence and you will never be allowed to travel to the USA or emigrate to any country or get a teaching job .... do an ACRO subject access request ... if your name is on their computer ... no USA travel, no emigration , no teaching jobs for you .... 1 second for them to destroy a life.
You're so short sighted. 1) Its a busy night. Their presence helps and they will be called out for violence, so may as well be local. 2) Whilst they are helping with presence, they may as well be searching for dealers. Users smell the same and have given money to the drug trade which in turn funds people trafficking/slavery and arms buying. 3) It deters people who may be tempted to start.
@@markp8295 the first two are reasonable but it doesn’t deter anyone from starting lmao if anyone was actually deterred then the amount of people doing drugs would be going down, not up.
You realise there are different departments in the police force that focus on different types/areas of crime, right? There are police out their working on those other crimes. Getting drugs of the street is still as equally important tho. Do you realise what drugs do to people, and what to much of it can do? You laugh what they're doing but it's something they need to be doing and should be doing.
@@rowanahedley9578 not really. "drugs are bad and will ruin your life so if we see you using a drug we will ruin your life." drug abuse is a very bad problem yes, but drugs aren't going to go away
My favourite thing about this video is him saying “you can’t bring drugs here and expect to get away with it” and then it cuts to them saying basically everyone got a warning 🤣
@@jordanmatchett182 there’s no way to stop them, it’s basic business. if there’s a demand there’s a supply. humans will always want to take drugs there for there will be people willing to risk prison to sell them. the longer we continue to let the drug market worth billions be in the hands of criminals who can’t use the law and only violence to settle disputes, people will continue to die. legalising and regulating the sale of drugs is the only option.
I get quite annoyed every time I see somebody speeding, doing something that can instantly and directly ruin somebody else's life. They often get away with it because they're not seen by police. Not saying they would always get caught in an alternative universe, but I have a difficult time believing catching some dude who wanted to take a pinger or two with his girlfriend is a better use of police resources than catching those who don't observe traffic laws. I absolutely struggle to see how Nottingham was a safer city after that last guy was 'taken off the streets'.
Share your outrage at the lack of action on serious crimes such as speeding, and personally I would like to see speeding become a crime that was automatically punished with a custodial sentence, because, as you point out it destroys lives. Having said that, living as I do in a place where cannabis can be smelt on the streets and where I have witnessed people openly breaking drug laws without any real fear of the police catching them I find this video to be quite reassuring and I wish that police Scotland would take this view and do more of these on street drug searches.
@@hughoxford8735 bulid more? Who's gonae pay for that hmm? I used to be a sort of councillor that helped people with drug addiction on the streets, these folk always came under fire from people with your attitude, all it did was make them go further under ground, some of the females getting raped in dark alleys so i find your opinion rather flawed. And all of this happened in glasgow city centre, people with your attitude caused that situation. In my experience compassion works better than the old style of petty punitive punishment (say that 3 times lol) which i assume is what your thinking of, all that vindictive behaviour just makes the drug prices go up making the trade more lucrative, you need to face the fact that the war on drugs failed as it was a war on the poorest most vulnerable in our society. Because of attitudes like yours my brother died in prison from full blown AIDS, its what made become a councillor helping vulnerable young men and women on the streets, i pitty people like you i hope you never end up in those situations all it takes is a series of unfortunate events beyond your control and next thing it's you thats vulnerable, but no doubt your blameless and upright all the time and that would never happen to you lol, i hope you never have to go through the things i described i really do, but put yourself in their shoes for once and ask yourself what would i do.
Speeding is far more worthy of a crack down rather than busting young adults for a joint or any of the class b and c drugs, obviously the police have to be hyper strict on class a drugs but the lower level ones in my opinion need to be de criminalized at the least and ideally legalized, then the police would be able to go after serious crimes, like the drug lords who peddle heroin, cocaine as those things turn people into nut jobs and those who drive powerful cars at high speed through housing areas.
"You made an attempt to dodge a drug dog" - I'm so fucking glad that this isn't a legal valid reason to fucking tackle a person in the US. Avoiding police is not a fucking crime.
People going about their day, probally to consume at home only to be thwarted by some helmets who admit they are just profiling people and the dog is just an extra. Well done,
@@MrEnterthehole first “feds” is just slang for police and trust me your not as clever as you think if you think this is an effective way off stop drugs lol but yh I am going to enjoy me bong cheers haha
@@huguespayens174 ok, fair point. But what about obese people who get heart disease because of their life choices? Should they be denied NHS treatment too? What about peolle who are injured mountain biking, or running etc.?
@@prettypointlessvideo yep I’m sure you could come up with lots of things…alcoholics etc but I’m sure if someone said to them…look we are going to help you kick the habit but after we’ve done that if you come back in two years time with the same problem…you are on your own, they might think twice……but I will also say this would never happen.😳
"It's Saturday afternoon at police headquarters, meanwhile it's Friday morning in the canteen and Tuesday lunchtime in patrol car number 4.." Ummm are you sure you guys aren't doing drugs making these TV shows?
Drug dogs are highly inefficient and only detect about 15% of possible possessions. But when it comes to actual violent crimes the police are highly untrained and don’t know how to diffuse tough situations, such a shame this happens worldwide too! We need police reform.
Its more that consistent and reliable tactics to diffuse said situations that are also teachable and applicable to all members of the force do not exist
That’s my city - oh I’m soo proud ! Actually drink is the problem in the city. We gave a major student population which attracts the dealers ie middle class kids wanting to be “ naughty + street “
This happened to me and London Bridge, officer told me to walk round a god that was barking when I did she starting sayin to me why am I avoiding the dog
@@stacileharve7084 There’s nothing wrong with them having drugs on them. They were probably trying to have fun on a night out, there is no good reason for the police to harass and arrest them for it.
Why do they go for the people who actually are the criminal that make and supply the drugs but rather arrest people trying to have a good night and they do realise that taking a tiny bit of drugs off people isn't making a difference at all 🤣🤣
1. Always be suppliers with users, doing this deters users 2. They are on payroll got to do something and are not trained enough for investigations/ required to be out anyway on heavy drinking nights 3. Doing this prevents/catches dealers doing business in their most lucrative sales area/time. Conclusion : "the difference" made, is less the taking "tiny bits of drugs" more that they just happen to stop people with them and cant legally leave them with it.
If they did this in the U.S., I know they get K9 units to search around cars and in the airport to obtain probable cause, but if they just had dogs searching around Times Square or something, half of New York would be arrested.
Taking a plastic wrap out of the wallet, power sniffs it and says 'that's what the drugs smell. All K9 dogs suddenly realise they will be left unemployed.
Well have they taken into consideration that some people avoid dogs in public because of fear of them. Whether its a police dog or innocent bystanders dog. Some people fear them not knowing what the dog will do. So just cause a person avoids a dog. Doesn't always mean they are a dope dealer.
It looks suspicious tho, giving them grounds to stop and search them. If they don't have anything then they'll be fine with being searched simple, most of them are truthful and will say if they do. But either way they can't get out of it
@Linxz Their rights aren't being violated though, you need to seriously look into stuff before starting with your snowflake comments, I know a lot more about this sort of stuff than you would know so you need to start reading up on it. It's a quick pat down and a name check on the Police National Computer, that is it. It isn't against your Human Rights, these laws and policies are there to keep everyone safe. If they weren't then the death rates from drugs and other stuff because they're not aloud to stop and search would have sky rocketed
@Linxz These "Authoritarian Practises" are there for a reason, to protect people, cut down on crime and save lives. Writing articles about it isn't going to change anything at all. Whether you like it or not you just have to accept that they're doing their jobs and all they want is a peaceful enough shift so they can go home to their families, and sadly that peaceful shift is becoming a rarity, sadly I've seen it too often
Kind of a pointless exercise really. Should be chasing down the dealers. Nearly everyone here was simply on a night out and in turn, easy targets. But I guess it bumps their stats up for their monthly targets hay. I wonder how many people living outside of the city/Town centre were left distressed waiting on police to answer their calls with so many officers tied up in this operation 🤷♂️
Also f up people lives for the rest of their life ... one interaction with UK police and your name is on their computer for the next 100 years ... even after its stepped down it will always be indicated on a clearance certificate as "no live trace" , as opposed to "no trace" you'll forever be known as having been arrested / cautioned for drugs ... you won't be able to travel to USA, you won't be able to emigrate anywhere .... utter utter arse holes ...
Going to the high streets at night will only catch the users who have a tiny bit and only wanna have a bit of fun. Should focus on the dealers selling it in massive bulk making profit. All this fuss over a night out pinging with your pals.
"Oh hello Tony I didn't think you were on shift tonight" "Oh the dog yeah urrr I'm plain clothes yeah that's it".Also, matey making good points for legalisation with "death amongst first time users on the increase"
If they never hurt anyone, or the NHS, or wasted all the tax payer money invested into their education, I'd agree. But drugs cost the country billions each year and if you wanted to have a safe place to get high with government supplied pure stuff, the price would be too high. Weed. Sure the tax model is sustainable. But other options are not. In addition, weed increases suicide risk and causes mental health issues. Just look at Holland. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22716157/
@@A95-x2j You clearly cannot read. It does effect me. That's why I care enough to comment. It costs me money it drains the NHS. It makes nights out more dangerous, encourages other law breaking. They should not be legal, because anyone who has the "It's my body, I can do what I want attitude." almost never has the, "I'm responsible and we'll off enough to make arrangements for my own protection at my own expense attitude.".
@@markp8295 "Costs me money" - Why? Because they're not buying drugs from you? "It drains the NHS" - so does obesity, but when are you going to make over-consumption illegal, stupid? "It makes nights out more dangerous, encourages other law breaking" - No, Mark. Criminals do that. Not drugs. The rest is just your measly opinion.
@A95 : Well this is hilariously cyclical. Costs money to tax payers who fund the NHS and police and fire services. High sugar and fat and salt foods have extra tax that helps fund healthcare. Not fully, but it's getting better as they ramp the prices up slowly in accordance with the raises they laid out over a decade ago. Drug users are by definition law breakers so...... Just because you don't agree with a law doesn't make it not illegal. Also their violent behaviour and combination with legal drugs like alcohol that have very high taxes, makes it worse. Heroine, cocaine, E, crocodil, shrooms etc... All cause dreadful behaviour. My opinion is based on evidence showing the harm drugs do. Your opinion that they should be legal, is backed up by the toddlers mantra. "But I want it.". Thankfully like Fluoride in water, niacin and folic acid in bread, free milk for primary school kids and many other wonderful things. The government takes the decision away from the uneducated masses.
