Canada:
Vancouver
Police
to
Stop
Arresting
Peaceable
Drug
Users,
According
to
New
Draft
Policy
7/21/06
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/445/vancouver-wont-arrest-most-drug-users.shtml
Vancouver police are making
it their official policy not to arrest people for quietly using drugs,
but to focus instead on those who sell and make them. Under a new
draft policy set to be finalized in September, Vancouver police will not
arrest drug users who aren't bothering anybody and will instead concentrate
on drug makers, sellers, and nuisance users, according to a
report in the Vancouver newspaper The Province.
"A person's behavior, rather
than the unlawful possession or use, should be the primary factor in determining
whether to lay a charge," Inspector Scott Thompson, the Vancouver Police
Department's drug policy coordinator, told the Province Wednesday.
"If you're a drug addict,
that's one thing. But if you're a drug addict who stands and bothers
people, and overtly displays bad behavior, that's going to trigger the
next stage," said Chief Constable Jamie Graham.
But police said if they encounter
an injecting drug user, they will take him to the Downtown Eastside safe
injection site (see related story) instead of to jail.
Other parts of the draft
policy include:
-
Pursuing middle-level drug traffickers
and those who produce drugs;
-
Looking at mandatory drug treatment
and making treatment available on demand;
-
Supporting the needle exchange,
the NAOMI heroin trial and the safe-injection site;
-
Supporting more drug education
in public schools and protecting kids from the effects of drug use;
-
Using drug courts for drug-addicted
offenders.
-- END --
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Issue #445
-- 7/21/06
Editorial:
Do
We
Really
Want
to
Help
Kids
Find
the
Drug
Dealers?
|
Feature:
Vancouver
Fights
to
Save
Its
Pioneering
Safe
Injection
Site
|
Feature:
What
Would
Jesus
Do?
Religious
Communities
as
Drug
Reform
Allies
|
Law
Enforcement:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Sentencing:
Bill
to
Study
Habitual
Drug
Offender
Registry
Introduced
in
Maine
|
Europe:
Britain
Goes
After
Medical
Marijuana
Suppliers
|
Australia:
Victoria
Greens
Call
For
Prescription
Heroin,
Safe
Injection
Sites
|
Middle
East:
War
Driving
Iraqis
to
Drugs
|
Canada:
Vancouver
Police
to
Stop
Arresting
Peaceable
Drug
Users,
According
to
New
Draft
Policy
|
Canada:
Nelson,
British
Columbia,
Head
Shop
Busted
for
Marijuana
Sales
|
Harm
Reduction:
Needle
Access
Bills
to
Become
Law
in
Delaware,
Massachusetts
|
Web
Scan:
Cato
on
Paramilitary
Police
Raids,
John
Fugelsang
on
Drug
War
for
Daily
Kos,
Australia
Institute
Drug
Prohibition
Report
|
Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
|
Jobs
and
Internships:
Marijuana
Policy
Project
and
Criminal
Justice
Policy
Foundation
|
Weekly:
The
Reformer's
Calendar
|
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