Cannabis 'smoked at will' on buses.DRUG taking is so common on Birmingham buses that one route is known as the 'marijuana express', a city councillor has claimed. Paul Tilsley said dwindling bus patronage would never be reversed until drug problems were overcome. He singled out Travel West Midlands' number 50 service, from Birmingham city centre to the Maypole, which had an "appalling" reputation. Coun Tilsley (Lib Dem LIB DEM Liberal Democrat(s) (UK political party) Sheldon), the deputy leader of Birmingham City Council, added: "Cannabis is smoked at will. The bus regularly stinks of it. Until we start to deal with these issues the number of people using buses will continue to decline. "You only have to pick up a local newspaper and look at the letters page to see why bus patronage is reducing." He urged TWM twm - Tab Window Manager. A window manager for the X Window System. Twm provides titlebars, shaped windows, several forms of icon management, user-defined macro functions, click-to-type and pointer-driven keyboard focus, and user-specified key and pointer button bindings. , the region's largest bus company, to take firmer action against the problem. TWM spokesman Phil Bateman said the bus company was actively tackling crime. More than 800 people had been arrested for a variety of offences, including drug use, since the security clampdown clamp·down n. An imposing of restrictions or controls: "Advertisers and broadcasters would raise howls of protest against any strong clampdown" Wall Street Journal. began. |
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