Police patrols increased in Whitecross after cannabis raid

10:08am Friday 1st March 2013 in News By Matthew Hobbs

Police patrols increased in Whitecross after cannabis raid Police patrols increased in Whitecross after cannabis raid

AROUND 50 cannabis plants have been seized by police in Whitecross after they received a tip-off.

Officers went to the address on Hoyle Street at 5pm on Tuesday.

They recovered the plants after being passed on information by residents.

Police say no one has yet been arrested, with enquiries ongoing.

Patrols have also been increased around Whitecross Road and Leicester Street in a bid to deter drug activity.

Residents have also reported incidents of anti-social behaviour were made to Warrington West NPU.

Insp Rob Dickinson, who recently took over the unit, said: “There has been a very positive response to the operation and we are really pleased to see people engaging with officers and talking to them about any issues that are affecting them.

“The policing team is committed to working with people to tackle the issues that really matter to them.

“Suspected drug related activity in the area has been highlighted and, in response to concerns raised, we have stepped up patrols in the area.

“We are urging residents to stop and speak to officers and air their concerns.”

To report drug activity in the area call the neighbourhood unit on 101.

Comments(20)

malcolmkyle16 says...
12:59pm Fri 1 Mar 13

An ever-growing body of scientific research clearly demonstrates that Marijuana is less addictive than a cup of tea.

http://druglibrary.o
rg/schaffer/library/
basicfax5.htm

Dr. Jack E. Henningfield of the National Institute on Drug Abuse and Dr. Neal L. Benowitz of the University of California at San Francisco ranked six psychoactive substances on five criteria.

Withdrawal -- The severity of withdrawal symptoms produced by stopping the use of the drug.

Reinforcement -- The drug's tendency to induce users to take it again and again.

Tolerance -- The user's need to have ever-increasing doses to get the same effect.

Dependence -- The difficulty in quitting, or staying off the drug, the number of users who eventually become dependent

Intoxication -- The degree of intoxication produced by the drug in typical use.

The tables listed below show the rankings given for each of the drugs. Overall, their evaluations for the drugs are very consistent. It is notable that marijuana ranks below caffeine in most addictive criteria, while alcohol and tobacco are near the top of the scale in many areas.

The rating scale is from 1 to 6 --- 1 denotes the drug with the strongest addictive tendencies, while 6 denotes the drug with the least addictive tendencies.


HENNINGFIELD RATINGS

Withdrawal Reinforcement Tolerance Dependence Intoxication

Nicotine 3 4 2 1 5

Heroin 2 2 1 2 2

Cocaine 4 1 4 3 3

Alcohol 1 3 3 4 1

Caffeine 5 6 5 5 6

Marijuana 6 5 6 6 4


BENOWITZ RATINGS

Withdrawal Reinforcement Tolerance Dependence Intoxication

Nicotine 3 4 4 1 6

Heroin 2 2 2 2 2

Cocaine 3 1 1 3 3

Alcohol 1 3 4 4 1

Caffeine 4 5 3 5 5

Marijuana 5 6 5 6 4

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Saysitasitis says...
2:22pm Fri 1 Mar 13

Intoxication -- The degree of intoxication produced by the drug in typical use.

Caffeine - 6
Marijuana - 4

based on the figures you have in your comment
I think you have just shot down your own arguement there...
It is MORE intoxicating...
Doesn't matter if there is less dependance...it's that it is MORE INTOXICATING....
Hence more people do it, more people continue to do it...becasue of it's intoxication level...!!
Crime goes up to fund this "intoxicating" habit....they are addicted to the intoxicating properties of cannabis...
Don't forget , that most cannabis is ADDED to tobacco (nicotine) so how does that compare..!?

No doubt there will be more "copy & pasters" to come...always is when there is an article about Cannabis & Police...yawn....zzz
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old-codger says...
3:47pm Fri 1 Mar 13

The rating scale is from 1 to 6 --- 1 denotes the drug with the strongest addictive tendencies, while 6 denotes the drug with the least addictive tendencies.........


Saysitasitis has a good point,

Also if it isnt so addictive why do so many people do so many stupid things in order to get the money to pay for it,
Thieves and Burglars are always telling the courts that the do it to pay for their addiction,
You cant have it both ways surely.

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mysterio says...
6:26pm Fri 1 Mar 13

Hoyle St isn't in Whitecross, it's in Bewsey.
Who writes this stuff?

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Geoff Siddall says...
7:07pm Fri 1 Mar 13

Its great to see the Police making effort to reduce drug activity and residents should pat them on the back. Over in woolston we had 60 year old man attacked by a gang of 6 with crow bars battered and left in -3 tempertures in woolston park on 19th Feb. No public news to warn residents or obtain information. That is totally wrong in my opinion. The residenst need to know when serious incidents occur.

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Cleopatra says...
5:33am Sat 2 Mar 13

mysterio wrote:
Hoyle St isn't in Whitecross, it's in Bewsey. Who writes this stuff?
On this occasion, Matthew Hobbs.

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The Maestro says...
9:39am Sat 2 Mar 13

Bewsey and Whitecross are the same policing area and council ward

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mysterio says...
10:20am Sat 2 Mar 13

The Maestro wrote:
Bewsey and Whitecross are the same policing area and council ward
Ok fair enough.
I shall put it another way.

Hoyle st. is nowhere near Leicester St. or Whitecross Rd.

I'm not being pedantic, I just can't see a connection in the story.

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willlie says...
10:57am Sat 2 Mar 13

So is this where i can get my drugs from, in Whitecross and Bewsey ? You say they Police this area, I haven't seen any. They is more action in the Graveyard than at the Police Station and in these posh areas.

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SickAndTired2 says...
4:00pm Sat 2 Mar 13

Saysitasitis wrote:
Intoxication -- The degree of intoxication produced by the drug in typical use.

Caffeine - 6
Marijuana - 4

based on the figures you have in your comment
I think you have just shot down your own arguement there...
It is MORE intoxicating...
Doesn't matter if there is less dependance...it's that it is MORE INTOXICATING....
Hence more people do it, more people continue to do it...becasue of it's intoxication level...!!
Crime goes up to fund this "intoxicating" habit....they are addicted to the intoxicating properties of cannabis...
Don't forget , that most cannabis is ADDED to tobacco (nicotine) so how does that compare..!?

No doubt there will be more "copy & pasters" to come...always is when there is an article about Cannabis & Police...yawn....zzz

...zzz...zzz
At least the 'copy pasters' or rather the people are at least able to provide factual information rather than hysterical misinformed opinion such as yours, which are far more tedious and yawn inducing.

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The Maestro says...
4:51pm Sat 2 Mar 13

willlie wrote:
So is this where i can get my drugs from, in Whitecross and Bewsey ? You say they Police this area, I haven't seen any. They is more action in the Graveyard than at the Police Station and in these posh areas.
Don't you live in posh Westy? So you wouldn't see the police in Whitecross or Bewsey

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willlie says...
12:06pm Sun 3 Mar 13

I do live in glorious posh Westy Mr Maestro. You wanna try living there. Your life expectency will be 50 years greater. We have such a high standard of living at Westy.

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willlie says...
12:08pm Sun 3 Mar 13

The Police are scared to come to Westy, they would get there heads kicked in !

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old-codger says...
12:59pm Sun 3 Mar 13

mysterio says...
6:26pm Fri 1 Mar 13
Hoyle St isn't in Whitecross, it's in Bewsey.
Who writes this stuff?”

WARRINGTON GUARDIAN,
Its clear that they dont live in this town,

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SAC_in_Warrington says...
3:14pm Sun 3 Mar 13

mysterio wrote:
The Maestro wrote:
Bewsey and Whitecross are the same policing area and council ward
Ok fair enough.
I shall put it another way.

Hoyle st. is nowhere near Leicester St. or Whitecross Rd.

I'm not being pedantic, I just can't see a connection in the story.
Would Lovely Lane be the missing connection. This is reminiscent of and a bit like the Mornington Crescent game on the wireless.

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SAC_in_Warrington says...
3:18pm Sun 3 Mar 13

willlie wrote:
The Police are scared to come to Westy, they would get there heads kicked in !
I know that there are a few police officers who live there, oops perhaps you're not supposed to have known that. Code: Tongue in cheek, Bill.

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SAC_in_Warrington says...
3:22pm Sun 3 Mar 13

old-codger wrote:
mysterio says...
6:26pm Fri 1 Mar 13
Hoyle St isn't in Whitecross, it's in Bewsey.
Who writes this stuff?”

WARRINGTON GUARDIAN,
Its clear that they dont live in this town,
This is happening all the time especially with councillors who should know better. They take their ward boundaries a being gospel when it could be made up of several very ancient boundaries and each will have several diverse communities within it.

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widnesman says...
8:17pm Sun 3 Mar 13

I don`t think the pot heads give a stuff which ward they live in.

All they want is to be able to get hold of the ILLEGAL substances!!

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old-codger says...
6:16pm Tue 5 Mar 13

willlie says...
10:57am Sat 2 Mar 13
So is this where i can get my drugs from, in Whitecross and Bewsey ?
....................
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I always suspected you were off your head on something,
You,ll be having an out of body experience next.

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Saysitasitis says...
10:33am Wed 6 Mar 13

SickAndTired2 wrote:
Saysitasitis wrote:
Intoxication -- The degree of intoxication produced by the drug in typical use.

Caffeine - 6
Marijuana - 4

based on the figures you have in your comment
I think you have just shot down your own arguement there...
It is MORE intoxicating...
Doesn't matter if there is less dependance...it's that it is MORE INTOXICATING....
Hence more people do it, more people continue to do it...becasue of it's intoxication level...!!
Crime goes up to fund this "intoxicating" habit....they are addicted to the intoxicating properties of cannabis...
Don't forget , that most cannabis is ADDED to tobacco (nicotine) so how does that compare..!?

No doubt there will be more "copy & pasters" to come...always is when there is an article about Cannabis & Police...yawn....zzz


...zzz...zzz
At least the 'copy pasters' or rather the people are at least able to provide factual information rather than hysterical misinformed opinion such as yours, which are far more tedious and yawn inducing.
"hysterical" "misinformed"...?
Can't see where in my comment I was either...
I was simply pointing out the stats in the previous comment made by one of your friends, sorry I mean the "copy pasters"....
Come on, paste me some well founded research into how cool cannabis is...

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