Petition
Legalise and Regulate Recreational Cannabis.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
We urge the UK government to legalise, tax, and regulate the sale of recreational cannabis, following the successful models of Canada and other nations.
Proper regulation ensures public safety while generating significant tax revenue, reducing crime, and stimulating economic growth.
Proper regulation ensures public safety while generating significant tax revenue, reducing crime, and stimulating economic growth.
Evidence shows that legalisation has not increased youth usage and has displaced the illicit market. Studies indicate that cannabis legalisation can reduce alcohol consumption and opioid dependency, additionally, the cannabis industry has created thousands of jobs and boosted economic activity.
A regulated market would provide safer products, reduce policing costs, and let the UK capitalise on an emerging multi-billion-pound industry.
It’s time for progressive, evidence-based cannabis policy.
A regulated market would provide safer products, reduce policing costs, and let the UK capitalise on an emerging multi-billion-pound industry.
It’s time for progressive, evidence-based cannabis policy.
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 this petition which calls for a similar action: Reassess the classification of Cannabis and decriminalize it.
Timeline
| 3 Feb 2025 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
21 Mar 2025
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 27 Jul 2026.