Alcohol/Drugs/Gambling
Drugs in the time of COVID
Release publishes first results from large survey of people buying drugs through COVID.
26th February 2021
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Release publishes first results from large survey of people buying drugs through COVID.
Excellent new resource from Release guides you through the legal process if you’re arrested for possessing drugs.
Black people are subject to court proceedings for drug possession offences 4.5 times the rate of whites; are found guilty of this offence at 4.5 times the rate; and are subject to immediate custody at a rate of 5 times that of white people
Y-STOP recently publicised a useful infographic showing information about the number of young people under 18 stopped and searched in the year up to March 2014. Just 11% of these stops led to arrests and the Metropolitan Police carried out 39% of all stop and searches on young people.
