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Priset på cannabis drivs upp

2004 kostade ett gram marijuana 79 kronor på gatan. Förra året hade priset ökat till 120 kronor, enligt siffror från Centralförbundet för alkohol- och narkotikaupplysning (CAN).
– Vi vet inte riktigt vad prisökningen kan bero på. Det kan vara en kombination av ökad efterfrågan, att narkotikan är av bättre kvalitet eller kompensation. Om polisen hittar fler odlingar måste man kompensera förlusterna genom att höja priset på narkotikan, säger utredare Ulf Guttormsson vid CAN

“By and large we are saying it is not the top of our list to go out and try to pick up people smoking joints on street corners but if it’s blatant or we get complaints, officers will act.

“It’s about keeping people out of the criminal justice system and reducing costs, it’s about being more productive with the way we approach things

The criminal justice minister, Mike Penning, repeated that the government had no plans to ease or legalise cannabis laws, and that those found growing the drug, for whatever reason, would face jail sentences.

David Raynes, the political affairs director for the National Drug Prevention Alliance, which campaigns for a drug-free lifestyle, accused Mr Hogg, a former senior police officer, of “going rogue” and “playing political games on behalf of others who want to see drugs laws weakened.”

Mr Raynes told The Independent : “Mr Hogg and his chief constable in Durham are not there to make the law, they are there to enforce it.