Petition · past parliament

Introduce 'Grow Your Own' Laws for Legal Medical Cannabis Patients (CBPM)

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Patients prescribed 'CBPM' by a medical specialist should be allowed to maintain 3-6 flowering plants (with extra considerations for starting new seedlings.)

GYO registration database could be maintained via local council, notifying police of local medical grows, similar to Canadian setup.
There's ~20,000 legal medical cannabis patients across the UK, prescribed primarily either bud/flower or refined oil extracts.

Most patients face severe financial difficulty affording their prescriptions, my own average monthly cost currently ~£500. Many patients are unable to work, and are forced to turn to cheaper illicit sources due to affordability.

"Grow Your Own" is available to cannabis patients in many other countries for this very reason, and must also be considered in the UK.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

29 Nov 2022 Petition opened for signatures
2 Dec 2022 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 2 Dec 2022

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.