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Confirmed that Essex Police follows Home Office guidance on medical cannabis and how to verify it's legitimate possession. Also confirmed that Essex Police does not have a policy on educating officers on the legality of medical cannabis and that there is not a policy on the recognition of unaccredited card schemes such as Cancard or MedCannID.

Provided the numbers of cautions given due to cannabis, the numbers of arrests for cannabis possession, the numbers of arrests for cannabis supply for the calendar years 2020, 2021 and 2022 to date broken down by self-defined ethnicity and age.

Possession of Cannabis and Possession of Cannabis with Intent to Supply statistics from 2017 to 2021 broken down by Calendar Year, Arrests and Outcome Types. The number of Cannabis Grows discovered with 9 plants or less from 2016 to 2021 including breakdowns by Calendar and Fiscal Years.

Provides the numbers of arrests and positive outcomes for possession of cannabis, cocaine, amphetamine and other drugs offences between June 2021 and June 2024 broken down by suspect ethnicity.

Provided the number of arrests of children under 16 years for supplying controlled substances per year for 2017 to 2021.

Substance Misuse Tests 2019 - 2020

Provided the numbers of with cause drugs tests carried out in 2020, 2021 and 2022.