Petition · past parliament
Legalize Cannabis for personal use and solve the 'Spice' epidemic.
Rejected
16 signatures
What the petition asks
Synthetic cannabinoids known as 'Spice' were marketed to bypass the current laws on cannabis. We need to legalize cannabis to protect inexperienced cannabis users from being duped into using 'Spice'. We should also stop urine testing for cannabis in prisons to prevent prisoners turning to 'Spice'.
Prohibition has only driven cannabis into a black market which has no regulation on age, purity or ethics and as a result has re-percussive effects on society as a whole. This restriction leaves the black market looking for stronger, cheaper and less detectable alternatives. The governments response to the last petition on cannabis law reform was that under the current law numbers of users are dropping but this doesn't take into account the rise of use in new psychoactive substances.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 12 Apr 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 20 Apr 2017 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
16
Status
Rejected
Rejected
20 Apr 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.