Zappiste: Ce n'est que quand ils sont devenu des ex (criminels de guerre au cannabis qui ne faisaient qu'exécuter des ordres) qu'ils ont brisé des vies, séparé des familles, donné des dossiers criminels, avoir menti, qu'ils se repentent !

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/sep/25/police-chief-tom-lloyd-ch...

Ex-police chief to head pro-legalisation National Cannabis Coalition
Tom Lloyd, who will chair new cannabis law reform umbrella group, says he regrets arresting drug users during his career as a police officer

A former chief constable is to head a new umbrella organisation of cannabis law reform campaign groups that will seek to change views about the use of the drug.

Tom Lloyd, formerly of Cambridgeshire police, will chair the National Cannabis Coalition (NCC), an alliance of groups calling for legal access to the drug for recreational use for adults and for medicinal use for anybody who needs it.

Lloyd has said he now regrets investigating and arresting drug users during his career as a policeman in London and Cambridge. “When you think about arresting somebody who is in possession of drugs, are you really catching a criminal?” he asked. “When it came to law enforcement I think I caused more harm than good.”

The new organisation, which incorporates groups including Norml UK, the UK Cannabis Social Clubs and the United Patients Alliance, aims to move from grassroots protests to political campaigning, targeting decision makers in UK drug policy.

“A major problem in drug law reform, and the resistance to it, is that people look at people, whether they are heroin users or stoners, and they just think they are not serious people,” Lloyd told the Guardian.

He said that traditional tactics, including the annual 4/20 day picnic in Hyde Park, were doing little to transform this perception, but many people involved in the campaign to reform cannabis laws had brought strong evidence into the debate.

“There is a deeper message and that message gets clouded and subverted by the vested interests and it’s to some extend ridiculed,” he said. “I feel that we have got the opportunity to show that we are people who are very sincere and credible, with a lot of valid information.”

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