Western Cape Community Safety on Provincial Policing Needs and Priorities Report 2018/19
(WorldNews Africa)

Drugs Aren`t Being Policed Effectively In reviewing the Provincial Policing Needs and Priorities (PNP) Report for the Western Cape in 2018/19 on the Policing of Drugs, it became wholly apparent to me that we are not policing drugs effectively, and are, consequently, losing the battle against drugs, illicit substances and its associated harms. More than ever, we need to take a harms reduction approach to illicit substances. What`s more, policing of illicit substances should focus on the manufacturing and trade of substances, rather than simply possession. Prior to the Constitutional Court matter on dagga, 1 in 6 remand prisoners at Pollsmoor Prison were sentenced to prison for dagga...