Petition · past parliament
Stop the prosecution of medical cannabis users who grow their own medicine
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Nobody with a medical need should be prosecuted for growing for their own medicine.
A private prescription for raw cannabis flowers costs over £1000 a month, the public cannot afford this and it should be provided on the NHS, stop prosecuting those growing medicine for personal use.
A private prescription for raw cannabis flowers costs over £1000 a month, the public cannot afford this and it should be provided on the NHS, stop prosecuting those growing medicine for personal use.
Please stop prosecutions of medical cannabis users in the UK since they changed the law in November 2018, those who should be entitled to a NHS prescription, but are forced to get into debt or crowd fund in an effort to get a private prescription to remain well should be exempt from prosecution for a personal grow for their own private use, that have harmed no person. We appeal to the government to give medically proven cannabis users rights to grow their own medicine until NHS make it available
Why it was rejected
It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.
We can only accept petitions which call for actions that are the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.
Prosecutions are the responsibility of the police, Crown Prosecution Service and the courts, which are independent of the Government and Parliament.
There's already a petitioning about allowing people to grow cannabis for their own use, including medicinal use, which you might like to sign. You're more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
Allow people to grow cannabis for personal use within their own home
Prosecutions are the responsibility of the police, Crown Prosecution Service and the courts, which are independent of the Government and Parliament.
There's already a petitioning about allowing people to grow cannabis for their own use, including medicinal use, which you might like to sign. You're more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
Allow people to grow cannabis for personal use within their own home
Timeline
| 20 Jun 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 31 Jul 2019 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
31 Jul 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.