Build a better future for addicts and their loved ones.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Educate the public to stop the damaging stigma of addicts being criminals and instead treat addiction as a mental health issue. This can be done by improving education on addiction in schools and to the general public as well as decriminalising possession and using that funding for rehabilitation.

Addicts and their loved ones feel as if they can't reach out for the adequate support and treatment in fear of being judged and ridiculed. Addiction should be treated as a mental health issue and more funding and support from the government is required to create a better future for addicts and their loved ones alongside preventing young people from becoming addicts in the future.

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign some of these petitions:

Create an addiction and mental health strategy: Create an addiction and mental health strategy

Reform the law so that drug addicts are not criminalised: Reform the law so that drug addicts are not criminalised

Timeline

29 Dec 2020	Petition opened for signatures
5 Jan 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 5 Jan 2021

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