Cannabis scratch and sniff cards to track down farms

[Omah]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21833045

Marijuana-scented scratch cards are to be posted to hundreds of households in a bid to detect illegal cannabis farms.

Crimestoppers, which runs the campaign, said the cards would help people to recognise the smell of cannabis and report suspected plantations to police.

The charity said there was a 15% rise in the number of cannabis farms found in homes between 2011 and 2012.

West Yorkshire police area had the largest number of cannabis plantations uncovered in the UK.

According to the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), about 1,800 cannabis farms were found in the area by officers between 2010 and 2012.

South Yorkshire had the second highest number with 1,600 farms uncovered in the same period.

Other hotspots included London, where more than 1,200 farms were detected, Greater Manchester, which had 800 plantations uncovered and Humberside, where officers found nearly 300 cultivations.


Andy Bliss, from ACPO, said: "Many people don't realise that the empty, run-down house or flat on their street with people coming and going late at night may actually be a commercial cannabis farm.

"It's not just the stereotype of the remote rural set or disused industrial estate unit.

"These farms are often run by organised criminals [and] they bring crime and anti-social behaviour into local communities causing real harm and leaving people feeling unsafe."

Crimestoppers said growers were moving way from commercial and industrial properties and using homes to cultivate the plants.

The green and black cards release a scent that replicates the actual smell of cannabis during its growing state when scratched.

Check it out, man ..... :cool:

[Kizzy]

I will look forward to one of these popping through the door then, there were 3 raids on my street last year...

[Tom4784]

If they legalise it they wouldn't have this problem AND they could tax the **** out of it.

[Kizzy]

Urgh, don't start this rubbish again please...
I don't want to live in a half baked world thankyou.

[Jords]

the funk soul brother

[lily.]

If they legalise it they wouldn't have this problem AND they could tax the **** out of it.

This 100%

Alcohol is far worse than cannabis and it's legal.

[Jesus.]

You would never ever get two stoned people fighting on the street on a Saturday night, unless it was to see who could avoid eye contact the quickest.

[Kizzy]

''Drivers who consume cannabis within three hours of driving are nearly twice as likely to cause a vehicle collision as those who are not under the influence of drugs or alcohol claims a paper published today on bmj.com.

The paper's authors, from Dalhousie University, reviewed nine studies with a total sample of 49,411 people to determine whether the consumption of cannabis increases the risk of a motor vehicle collision''
http://www.bmj.com/press-releases/2012/02/09/acute-cannabis-consumption-and-motor-vehicle-collision-risk

[Niamh.]

^ So what? You're not allowed drink and drive either

[Kizzy]

^ So what? You're not allowed drink and drive either



So..... we have lot's of problems with one substance personally I wouldn't add another.
I'm not getting into a silly debate over this rubbish again.

[Niamh.]

So..... we have lot's of problems with one substance personally I wouldn't add another.
I'm not getting into a silly debate over this rubbish again.

Plenty of things impair driving ability though, tiredness for example, some prescription medication, as well as alcohol.

[Jack_]

Ignorance is bliss, isn't it?

Well actually it's not but hey, it's only a 'silly' debate over some 'rubbish' that couldn't actually prevent a whole load of other social problems...

[InOne]

Weed wouldn't be my drug of choice but I do enjoy it when I smoke it, which isn't often. I can see why people enjoy it so much and it always creates a good vibe in the room.

I'm all for freeing the 'erb

[Ramsay]

excellent idea, throw them devil smokers in jail and lock away the key i say!

[Omah]

excellent idea, throw them devil smokers in jail and lock away the key i say!

Bang up them dope-fiends!

[Ramsay]

correct as always omah!

[Patrick]

When are these ******ing bellends going to realize that all of the UK know fully well what Pot smells like, considering most of us either have or do, smoked a few joints now and then.

The sooner they get off their high horse and begin tracking REAL dangers in the country, instead of ******ing chasing a plant less harmless than a box of ******ing Pringles, then the better!

[Patrick]

Swore an awful lot there, sorry about that. :laugh:

[Redway]

''Drivers who consume cannabis within three hours of driving are nearly twice as likely to cause a vehicle collision as those who are not under the influence of drugs or alcohol claims a paper published today on bmj.com.

The paper's authors, from Dalhousie University, reviewed nine studies with a total sample of 49,411 people to determine whether the consumption of cannabis increases the risk of a motor vehicle collision''
http://www.bmj.com/press-releases/2012/02/09/acute-cannabis-consumption-and-motor-vehicle-collision-risk

No offense but would you give it a rest with your ridiculous anti-cannabis attitude? Jesus and Dezzy are 100% right.

[Livia]

So these marijuana-scented scratch cards... Are they good to smoke?

[Me. I Am Salman]

I agree with Kizzy.

[Marcus.]

same here

[Redway]

Oh dear.

[Kizzy]

Ignorance is bliss, isn't it?

Well actually it's not but hey, it's only a 'silly' debate over some 'rubbish' that couldn't actually prevent a whole load of other social problems...

ignorance?.... because I don't agree with the fuzzy logic of some forum members educate yourself and get a grip jack!
I could post statistics and facts until the cows come home here and it would just be a waste of my time frankly.

[InOne]

Elaborate on 'fuzzy logic'

[Kizzy]

Elaborate on 'fuzzy logic'

No

[InOne]

No

Suit yourself then :shrug:

[Ninastar]

The word ignorance is thrown around way to much on this forum

I agree with Kizzy

[InOne]

The word ignorance is thrown around way to much on this forum

I agree with Kizzy

Reminds me of the South Park MJ episode.

[Ninastar]

Reminds me of the South Park MJ episode.

That episode is hilarious, I haven't seen it like in 5 years though.

I just remember them going to candy land or wherever

[Redway]

The word ignorance is thrown around way to much on this forum

I agree with Kizzy

It is ignorance though isn't it? As has been mentioned so many times before, if the PC brigade are going to piss all over someone's freedom and lock them up for getting stoned you may as well do the same thing with three-quarters of the nation on a Saturday night and smokers.

See the pattern, no? It's barbaric.

[Kizzy]

It is ignorance though isn't it? As has been mentioned so many times before, if the PC brigade are going to piss all over someone's freedom and lock them up for getting stoned you may as well do the same thing with three-quarters of the nation on a Saturday night and smokers.

See the pattern, no? It's barbaric.

No redway it isn't, looking through some purple haze at happyland and thinking that these cannabis farms are full of happy hippies ...thats ignorance.

[Redway]

No redway it isn't, looking through some purple haze at happyland and thinking that these cannabis farms are full of happy hippies ...thats ignorance.

I thought you said you weren't 'getting into another silly debate about this rubbish'.

Nobody claimed that cannabis farms are full of 'happy hippies' anyway. Stop twisting people's words.

[Marsh.]

When are these ******ing bellends going to realize that all of the UK know fully well what Pot smells like, considering most of us either have or do, smoked a few joints now and then.

The sooner they get off their high horse and begin tracking REAL dangers in the country, instead of ******ing chasing a plant less harmless than a box of ******ing Pringles, then the better!

I think I've found a farm right here. :joker:

No offense but would you give it a rest with your ridiculous anti-cannabis attitude? Jesus and Dezzy are 100% right.

She's allowed her opinion, she can post what she likes.

[Ninastar]

She's allowed her opinion, she can post what she likes.

Thank you.

Surely it's ignorant to tell other people their opinions are wrong?