British Police Issue Warning Over Cannabis Laced with Cocaine
Friday, November 14th, 2008 at 2:06 pm | By: Radical Russ
West Yorkshire Police: Police Issue Warning Over Cannabis Laced with Cocaine
Police in Leeds are warning people to be aware that small amounts of cannabis are being sold in the city laced with crack cocaine.The £5 amounts are known as ‘Mach 5’s’ and are sprinkled with a small amount of crack cocaine making them more addictive and dangerous to users.
Police believe a number of those buying cannabis are unaware of crack cocaine being mixed into amounts of the class C drug.
Neighbourhood Policing Team Inspector Andrew Briggs said: “We have become aware that dealers are trying to introduce cannabis users to harder drugs by lacing small amounts of cannabis with crack cocaine.
“Using any drugs obviously poses a substantial risk to health, but the practice of introducing a highly addictive class A drug to people under the pretext of dealing a small amount of cannabis is an extremely dangerous precedent.
“There is no quality control when using illegal drugs and the bottom line is that people are never truly aware of what is contained in any drugs they are taking.
Which is exactly why we are calling for the regulation of cannabis for responsible use by adults! You don’t find whiskey in the liquor store spiked with cocaine, do you? No! The “gateway” you drug warriors have always been talking about is the gateway to the drug dealer you get your cannabis from who also has other drugs for sale.
