'You can't arrest your way out of record drug-related deaths,' say police

Police forces across the UK are offering drug users pre-arrest education and treatment instead of a caution or charge In what is effectively de facto drug decriminalisation, people caught in possession of personal amounts of controlled substances in a number of police areas are being directed towards treatment and education services through "diversion schemes", rather than facing prosecution. The radical policies, often spearheaded by elected police and crime commissioners (PCCs), come amid a gr...