Petition · past parliament
Allow immediate access to cannabis and cannabis extracts for medicinal purposes.
Rejected
18 signatures
What the petition asks
Allow cannabis flower;extracts;medibles;suppositories;cultivation of 6 plants/18 seedlings/24 oz useable medicine per patient,no THC limit.Appoint licensed grower as caregiver,if needed.Caregiver may grow for 6 patients,plus himself.Waste products(low value leaf/stem/seed/root)exempt from regulation
34 US states have some form of legal medical cannabis.Millons of sick people in the UK must use cannabis illegally.No regulations makes safety impossible to guarantee.
University of Toronto;Hebrew University, Jerusalem;Harvard Medical School;JAMA;The Lancet;OMMP;Raphael Mechoulam Ph.D(40+years peer reviewed research). Sanjay Gupta;Rick Simpson;Lester Grinspoon;Rachna Patel. We are not going away.
University of Toronto;Hebrew University, Jerusalem;Harvard Medical School;JAMA;The Lancet;OMMP;Raphael Mechoulam Ph.D(40+years peer reviewed research). Sanjay Gupta;Rick Simpson;Lester Grinspoon;Rachna Patel. We are not going away.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 5 Apr 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 5 Apr 2016 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
18
Status
Rejected
Rejected
5 Apr 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.