CPS will not offer ecstasy amnesty
Posted Feb 1, 2012 4:20 pm.
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After some confusion, the Calgary Police Service has clarified, amnesty will not be granted to those who hand-over ecstasy suspected of being contaminated with a deadly drug.
They were asked if they would consider allowing the public to turn in ecstasy or any other illegal drugs without any criminal consequences.
Despite the concerns from public officials after the rash of deaths involving ecstasy pills containing PMMA, granting such an amnesty would conflict with federal regulations.
Anyone found in possession of the drug or intercepted with ecstasy is subsequent to criminal charges.
After seven confirmed ecstasy related deaths and an eighth investigation underway, CPS is urging the public to turn over any of the drug in their position.
But as Deputy Chief Kevan Stuart says, they do not want it droped off at police stations.
“If anybody has any drugs in their house and they have a family member who has drugs, members of the Calgary Police Service will attend your residence or business,” said Stuart.
While they cannot guarantee charges won’t be laid, in his 23 years in service, Deputy Chief Stuart has not once laid a charge when police were called to pick up illegal substances.
Stuart says officers are available anytime to investigate and dispose of any illegal substances.
“In my experience as a member of the Calgary Police Service we’ll attend the address, we’ll speak to the parents, we’ll seize the drugs, we’ll speak to the kids, and we get information from the kids,” he said.
