JERSEY has an unlawful market in medicinal hashish, police chief Robin Smith has warned as he added his voice to requires tighter regulation of the business.
Mr Smith stated “entrepreneurial criminals” noticed the present proceedings as “a possibility to commit crimes”.
“We’ve a case at the moment – and now we have had others – the place I imagine that some individuals are coping with medicinal hashish due to their prescriptions, or the prescriptions of others. It isn’t an enormous quantity, however it’s inevitable as a result of that’s what it occurs when criminals turn out to be entrepreneurial,” he stated.
Smith was commenting following an audit report revealed by Well being Minister Tom Binet, which confirmed that greater than 6% of Jersey's working inhabitants acquired medicinal hashish on prescription, in comparison with 0.05% within the UK.
In only one month final 12 months, 30 sufferers acquired prescriptions from two or extra sources, some from the identical clinic and others from totally different suppliers.
“I agree that we have to strengthen the procedures to deal with what’s, in my thoughts, an addictive substance. It could possibly be debatable, however primarily based on my expertise it’s an addictive substance, and likewise has clear medicinal advantages.
“In the event that they're assured in these numbers what does that imply by way of folks's employment, drug driving and people sorts of issues?” he requested.
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'Entrepreneurial criminals' are exploiting medicinal hashish, warns Jersey police chief
