Absolutely.
The guideline to our prosecutors is very specific. Although some people have interpreted it as “don't prosecute unless”, it's very clear that it places directly the public safety question first and foremost but also recognizes that there's an enormous health component to this question.
The sorts of scenarios that it contemplates specifically and that I can give as examples would be ones where youth are targeted or used as part of the possession. It might be where persons in positions of trust are involved—for example, in an institution like a prison—or where firearms are involved, or small communities. It specifically recognizes that it's not a one-size-fits-all situation. There are small communities for whom any drug coming in where possession is involved needs to be prosecuted in order to allow that community to exercise its ability to stem a tide or prevent it from coming. It recognizes that there are a number of situations in which prosecution of simple possession is still very appropriate.
We've moved from 10,000 files down to 3,000 files. We still do simple possession prosecutions in this country as a prosecution service, but we do it when one of those circumstances is involved.