Petition · past parliament

legalise mdma

Closed 102 signatures

What the petition asks

it is only available in illegal markets so chemicals such as pma/pmaa are added a regulated market would solve many of these problems.

For young, healthy people, MDMA itself is relatively harmless. The lethal dose is far higher than anyone would ever want to take.
There isn't much evidence that it is doing all that much long-term damage—no more than alcohol use anyway

A National Crime Survey for England and Wales, 5.4 per cent of 16 to 24 year-olds admitted taking the class A drug over the past 12 months – a 40 per cent increase from 2003-2004.

Channel 4s drugs live program the trial could "pave the way to further research into potential therapeutic uses of MDMA, such as in the treatment of PTSD [post-traumatic stress disorder]

Timeline

28 Jul 2015 Petition opened for signatures
28 Jan 2016 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 102
Status Closed
Opened 28 Jul 2015
Closed 28 Jan 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.