Smoking weed on the street in Hillsborough

[Halibut 12]

Is Sheffield police bothered with consumers if these consumers mind their own business without being a nuisance?

 

The short answer is 'not very'. Plenty of Sheffield people I know are consumers of cannabis, and I've never heard of anyone being busted just for smoking a joint at home.

 

Come to think of it, I recall a party in S6 in the late 80's when the police came to the door and asked us to keep the noise down. They must have been aware there was dope being smoked - the air was full of it, yet they said nothing at all about it.

Apologies were made for the racket, we turned it down and everyone was happy.

 

Obviously things may have changed since then, but I suspect most police officers wouldn't nick you for smoking a spliff unless there were aggravating factors.

[onewheeldave 22]

Wind your neck in fella!

 

I was simply saying i can't believe how blatant this lad was about it, the only reason why i find it quite a shock is because if you know hillsborough at all it is very busy with lots of elderley and mums with prams etc... i was just surprised by it because when i was younger we had to go and hide in the woods!!

 

Im not attacking weed smokers by the way....

 

He was smoking a spliff- 'blatant' is suggestive of doing something wrong, and it's a safe bet he sees nothing wrong (or blatant) about having a spliff.

 

I think a lot of people now know the true facts about cannabis, and are aware that the govts disinformation propaganda campaigns against weed bore no relation whatsoever to reality.

 

They know that the drugs laws are stupid, and they know the govt condones and encourages things far worse than the drugs they demonise.

 

In short, why wouldn't he smoke a spliff in the street?

 

Take a walk down West street any friday night if you want to see some real drug abuse (totally legal as well).

[maykay 10]

i'd rather walk past the odd weed smoker, than someone drunk any day

[Tipex 10]

The short answer is 'not very'. Plenty of Sheffield people I know are consumers of cannabis, and I've never heard of anyone being busted just for smoking a joint at home.

 

Come to think of it, I recall a party in S6 in the late 80's when the police came to the door and asked us to keep the noise down. They must have been aware there was dope being smoked - the air was full of it, yet they said nothing at all about it.

Apologies were made for the racket, we turned it down and everyone was happy.

 

Obviously things may have changed since then, but I suspect most police officers wouldn't nick you for smoking a spliff unless there were aggravating factors.

 

Halibut you shock me. I thought you was some old snotty man. I didn't realise you was a stoner?

 

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i'd rather walk past the odd weed smoker, than someone drunk any day

 

Exactly! well said.

[Dannyno 19]

Take a walk down West street any friday night if you want to see some real drug abuse (totally legal as well).

 

Incorrect.

 

Actually it's illegal to be drunk in public under section 12 of the 1872 Licensing Act:

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/35-36/94/section/12

 

It is also illegal under that act to be drunk on licensed premises.

 

It's also an offence under the 2003 Licensing Act to sell alcohol to some who is drunk (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/17/section/141), or to "obtain" alcohol for someone who is drunk (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/17/section/142).

 

It's just not enforced much (perhaps if something else is causing concern it is).

 

Police priorities, innit?

[Cyclone 10]

And if you're found drunk in control of cattle, a steam engine or a loaded firearm then you can be fined forty shillings...

 

This can't be the current legislation, surely.

 

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4529040.stm

This BBC article claims it's "drunk and incapable"

 

The official definition of being drunk and incapable is when you are so drunk you are unable to stand or walk or unaware of what you are doing or unable to understand what is said to you.

[Tommo68 10]

Cannabis decriminalsed and people smoking it in public places with apparent impunity.

Its skunk that smells so strongly that it seems to permeate everywhere in the vicinty. Skunk often without the user knowing has heroin cocaine and other additives it many times more powerful a substance than the bush and resins that were widely available thjrough the 60s, 70s and 80s

 

Walk around some of the estates in sheffield you will see people smoking in their gardens and hanging around local shopping centres, outside pubs just about anywhere really. There does seem to be a correlation between the amount of local social housing low income, high unemployment and the frequency with which you'll see and smell people smoking out in the open.

 

Some of the effects we can see from this are that;

 

On the positive side

 

Perhaps as it is becoming so commonplace now it will be easier for people to get and use the stuff medicinally.

 

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/run-from-the-cure/

 

There are a lot of people who swear by rick simpson's adaptation of the bible's annointing oil. If it is as good as they say and becomes widely adopted the big pharma's are either not going to like it, or start distributing it.

 

All in all a potentially that could be good thing. Time will tell.

 

 

 

A lot of shady people at at all levels of society are making a lot of money out of it. Which I suppose eventually gets back into circulation.

 

I'm sure that th epros and cons of that will be at the very least contravertial.

 

This is more worrying.

 

Long term use, especially heavy use can and does cause some serious psychological problems... but the same and more can be said of alcohol.

 

A lot of people that use cannbis are mellowed out, more subdued and less likely to cause trouble and more importantly care enough about anything to show dissent.

 

Is the latter the reason why the state seems to no longer condemn its use even if it does not openly condone it?

 

Some of you will recall the media labelled and headlining 'lager louts' they used to get tanked up and be often abusive, violent and certainly irritating. It got hyped-up and allegedly became a national problem. Their supposed activities both at home and abroad were at times cringeworthy. Then it just stopped.

 

Arguably people have not changed that much ...so is it that the lager has? the ingredients are not listed in detail on the cans or bottles. Now when people have a few lagers they seem to get much more mellowed out, practically falling asleep and are far less likely to get into trouble or care enough about anything show dissent.

 

The disappearance of the lager lout and increase in and acceptance of the use of cannabis, and the more upmarket cocaine, seem to be rather too coincidental.

 

The slow phasing out through many reasons of the public house as a place where you can meet and talk to people, particularly the high cost of drinking at the pub Vs the low cost of drinking at home, mainly due to the apparent price wars of the big supermarkets. .. is that deliberately contrived.

 

The rise in home entertainment and use of the internet all the more reason for not going out and to socialise. Now its all, mostly pointless, social media .. and some forums that hold people's attention. I'm not saying that it is all monitored but we know that it can be and that some is.

 

The will, (through alcohol and both recreational & prescription drugs) the opportunities (through less places to go to) the distractions (through the afore mentioned and the internet, home-entertainment, social media etc) the opportunities to meet new people and converse without being monitored are all being eroded.

 

Coincidence..convenient.. deliberate... who knows? But it is food for thought

 

Has the state(or someone manipulating the state) managed to socially engineer people's habits that much that they now get people to want to finance their own mind control?

 

If so it was (is) very shrewd of them.

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[SqueakyPete 10]

Cannabis decriminalsed and people smoking it in public places with apparent impunity.

Its skunk that smells so strongly that it seems to permeate everywhere in the vicinty. Skunk often without the user knowing has heroin cocaine and other additives it many times more powerful a substance than the bush and resins that were widely available thjrough the 60s, 70s and 80s

 

Walk around some of the estates in sheffield you will see people smoking in their gardens and hanging around local shopping centres, outside pubs just about anywhere really. There does seem to be a correlation between the amount of local social housing low income, high unemployment and the frequency with which you'll see and smell people smoking out in the open.

 

Some of the effects we can see from this are that;

 

On the positive side

 

Perhaps as it is becoming so commonplace now it will be easier for people to get and use the stuff medicinally.

 

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/run-from-the-cure/

 

There are a lot of people who swear by rick simpson's adaptation of the bible's annointing oil. If it is as good as they say and becomes widely adopted the big pharma's are either not going to like it, or start distributing it.

 

All in all a potentially that could be good thing. Time will tell.

 

 

 

A lot of shady people at at all levels of society are making a lot of money out of it. Which I suppose eventually gets back into circulation.

 

I'm sure that th epros and cons of that will be at the very least contravertial.

 

This is more worrying.

 

Long term use, especially heavy use can and does cause some serious psychological problems... but the same and more can be said of alcohol.

 

A lot of people that use cannbis are mellowed out, more subdued and less likely to cause trouble and more importantly care enough about anything to show dissent.

 

Is the latter the reason why the state seems to no longer condemn its use even if it does not openly condone it?

 

Some of you will recall the media labelled and headlining 'lager louts' they used to get tanked up and be often abusive, violent and certainly irritating. It got hyped-up and allegedly became a national problem. Their supposed activities both at home and abroad were at times cringeworthy. Then it just stopped.

 

Arguably people have not changed that much ...so is it that the lager has? the ingredients are not listed in detail on the cans or bottles. Now when people have a few lagers they seem to get much more mellowed out, practically falling asleep and are far less likely to get into trouble or care enough about anything show dissent.

 

The disappearance of the lager lout and increase in and acceptance of the use of cannabis, and the more upmarket cocaine, seem to be rather too coincidental.

 

The slow phasing out through many reasons of the public house as a place where you can meet and talk to people, particularly the high cost of drinking at the pub Vs the low cost of drinking at home, mainly due to the apparent price wars of the big supermarkets. .. is that deliberately contrived.

 

The rise in home entertainment and use of the internet all the more reason for not going out and to socialise. Now its all, mostly pointless, social media .. and some forums that hold people's attention. I'm not saying that it is all monitored but we know that it can be and that some is.

 

The will, (through alcohol and both recreational & prescription drugs) the opportunities (through less places to go to) the distractions (through the afore mentioned and the internet, home-entertainment, social media etc) the opportunities to meet new people and converse without being monitored are all being eroded.

 

Coincidence..convenient.. deliberate... who knows? But it is food for thought

 

Has the state(or someone manipulating the state) managed to socially engineer people's habits that much that they now get people to want to finance their own mind control?

 

If so it was (is) very shrewd of them.

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Theres no way im wasting my time reading all of that,when you make such a silly comment as the one highlighted at the very top.

[Tommo68 10]

Theres no way im wasting my time reading all of that,when you make such a silly comment as the one highlighted at the very top.

 

None so ingnorant as those that won't learn.

 

Try this

http://www.narconon.org/drug-abuse/polydrug/nicknames.html

 

web search the rest yourself I'm not going to do it for you.

 

dealers that used to make crack used to pour the liquid residue on cannabis resin back in the seventies.

 

Some dealers will cut anything with almost anything if it will bulk out what they are selling to get them more cash or if it will enhance or even addict users so they return to them to buy more.

http://www.ukcia.org/activism/soapbar.php

 

Opiated ****-black was around in 70's too. Afghani temple balls had opium in them too.

https://www.thcfarmer.com/community/threads/homemade-nepalese-temple-ball-hash.48559/

 

Guess you are too ignorant or too lazy to look for your self.

Though there were a lot of words in the post you commented on.

Should I have included some pictures for you?

Maybe some you could colour in.

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[mafya 248]

None so ingnorant as those that won't learn.

 

Try this

http://www.narconon.org/drug-abuse/polydrug/nicknames.html

 

web search the rest yourself I'm not going to do it for you.

 

dealers that used to make crack used to pour the liquid residue on cannabis resin back in the seventies.

 

Some dealers will cut anything with almost anything if it will bulk out what they are selling to get them more cash or if it will enhance or even addict users so they return to them to buy more.

http://www.ukcia.org/activism/soapbar.php

 

Opiated ****-black was around in 70's too. Afghani temple balls had opium in them too.

https://www.thcfarmer.com/community/threads/homemade-nepalese-temple-ball-hash.48559/

 

Guess you are too ignorant or too lazy to look for your self.

Though there were a lot of words in the post you commented on.

Should I have included some pictures for you?

Maybe some you could colour in.

.

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Nobody cuts weed/cannabis bush with crack or smack, soap bar gets cut with loads of stuff and that is why it's sometimes referred to it as **** bar.

[whatawaste 10]

Tommo68

 

"None so ingnorant as those that won't learn."(sic)

 

"dealers that used to make crack used to pour the liquid residue on cannabis resin back in the seventies."

 

Crack cocaine in the seventies? don't think so.

 

you need to read more informed literature! do a bit of learning yourself!

 

i recommend a book......

anyone can write anythng on the net and be hidden by anonymity. Books ARE different! you have a proper author and references so you can trace the original research used.

 

"David Nutt (former chief advisor to the government on drug policy)

Drugs Without The Hot Air."

 

Covers legal and illegal drugs and the actual harm, (personal, economic and societal) that drugs cause.

Edited May 4, 2014 by whatawaste

[Dannyno 19]

And if you're found drunk in control of cattle, a steam engine or a loaded firearm then you can be fined forty shillings...

 

This can't be the current legislation, surely.

 

---------- Post added 03-05-2014 at 10:35 ----------

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4529040.stm

This BBC article claims it's "drunk and incapable"

 

Incorrect, I was quoting the current legislation. That's what http://www.legislation.gov.uk is.

 

"Drunk and incapable" is different legislation, I think the 1902 Licensing Act:

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/2/28

 

If a person is found drunk in any highway or other public place, whether a building or not, or on any licensed premises, and appears to be incapable of taking care of himself, he may be apprehended and dealt with according to law.

 

The difference between "being drunk" and "being drunk and incapable" is that "being drunk" means you can be fined, while "being drunk and incapable" means you can be "apprehended" (i.e. arrested).