Class A drug possession effectively decriminalised in Scotland
by Kieran Andrews, The Times:
Drug possession is to be effectively decriminalised in Scotland with those caught with Class A substances set to receive a police warning rather than face prosecution.
Dorothy Bain QC, the lord advocate, announced a “diversion from prosecution” policy in a surprise statement to Holyrood.
Under current guidelines, warnings can be handed out for anyone caught in possession of Class B and Class C drugs, but this has now been extended to Class A drugs, which includes heroin, cocaine, Ecstasy and LSD.
“Police officers may therefore choose to issue a recorded police warning for simple possession offences for all classes of drugs,” Bain told MSPs.
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