Petition · past parliament
Allow people with cancer to posses and consume cannabis legally.
Rejected
19 signatures
What the petition asks
Many people with cancer are already consuming cannabis but having to break the law to do so and that is not right and unfair. Some people try to buy online and get scammed. Even CRUK are aware of these scams. Also clinical trials so far in Spain have been positive and we welcome many more.
It is helping those who take it to deal with side effects of chemotherapy and any pain there cancer may be causing. It helps them eat and sleep which can at times be very difficult when suffering with cancer or going through chemotherapy. There is also a lot of anecdotal evidence it does much more too. We are not promoting this as a cure but that does not change the fact that people are with cancer are choosing to consume cannabis anyway and they should be protected.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 27 Nov 2015 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 30 Nov 2015 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
19
Status
Rejected
Rejected
30 Nov 2015
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.