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Remove hemp from schedule 1 and reclassify as an agricultural crop.

Submitted on Wednesday 22nd August 2018

Published on Wednesday 26th September 2018

Current status: Closed

Closed: Tuesday 26th March 2019

Signatures: 286

Tagged with

climate change ~ Drugs ~ UK

Petition Action

Remove hemp from schedule 1 and reclassify as an agricultural crop.

Petition Details

We are calling for the immediate withdrawal of hemp from Schedule 1 and urgent reclassification as an industrial and agricultural crop. It should not be regulated under the Misuse of Drugs Act at all, let alone put in the most restrictive category alongside dangerous class As.

Additional Information

With Brexit looming, the UK needs to become self-reliant for our sources of food, energy, fuel and raw materials. Hemp is the perfect crop to provide all of these. Hemp seeds are a nutritionally complete food. The plant could replace cotton. It's an abundant source of cellulose so can make paper and plastic. It needs no pesticides, pulls carbon from the atmosphere, prevents soil erosion and absorbs toxins from the soil, helping to prevent climate change, and it only takes 3 months to grow.


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