Legalize cannabis for medical and recreational use.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

With a significant amount of first world countries legalising consumption of cannabis for medical and recreational purposes, it only makes sense for England to do the same. Apart from the negative stereotypes that surround cannabis users, there is no actual logical reason as to why it isn’t legal.

Whenever this petition is brought up the response given by parliament is that cannabis is a harmful substance, however, I can’t seem to find any proof at all of deaths caused by cannabis; besides that, cannabis also has medical benefits when properly administrated. Tabacco and alcohol on the other hand are substances that have absolutely no benefit to one’s health but it’s completely legal. How does that make sense?
Also, it doesn’t seem fair that we have people being sent to jail here for the same thing that people in other countries are free to do. We are all humans the same way, we should all be treated the same way and given the same rights.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Legalise Cannabis for both medical and recreational purposes.

Timeline

4 Apr 2019	Petition opened for signatures
9 Apr 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 9 Apr 2019

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