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Of course, it's in the police's interests to rail against drugs. They are illegal, after all. Police officers see the nasty side of drug abuse—the damage it causes and the crime associated with addiction and selling. But there is a feeling among many police officers—apart from those caught using or dealing them, presumably—that drugs are not just illegal, they are deeply immoral and need stamping out of existence.You only have to look at the highest-ranking police officer in the UK, Met Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, to get a flavor of how our drug laws would look if the police were in charge. He's suggested that every working adult in Britain, especially teachers, should face routine, mandatory drug testing. One of his predecessors in the job, Sir Ian Blair, had some equally Big Brother style ideas. In 2005, he said that police would be raiding middle class dinner parties across the country, looking for people taking cocaine.READ ON VICE NEWS: Police Are Freaking Out Over Drugged-up Flakka 'Zombies'
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