http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14135085.Scottish_police_move_to_warn___not_prosecute___cannabis_users/ PEOPLE caught with small quantities of cannabis will face on-the-spot warnings from police rather than prosecution. The change in enforcing drug laws is part of a major overhaul of how officers handle petty offending to free up police and prosecutors" time. Scottish officers will next month start issuing new "Recorded Police Warnings" to many of the tens of thousands of people a year found committing minor offences such as carrying cannabis, urinating in the street or petty shoplifting. Senior police sources stress they are looking for a "proportionate" and "effective" disposal to the kind of offences that until now would either result in a fixed-penalty notice or a report to the Crown Office that ended either in no proceedings or a fiscal warning.
Not bad. Although, it's a bit of a cheek lumping us in with folk pissing in the street or nicking stuff from shops, just for carrying a bit o herb?! Anyhoo, is a teething process in this country at the minute, so, progress!