Submitted on Monday 29th April 2019
Rejected on Monday 3rd June 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Legalisation of medicinal & recreational usage of cannabis in the UK
The criminalisation of cannabis has only lead to increased drug crime & poor quality, with potentially harmful consequences & alternatives such as legal highs. Additionally, it has the power to create over £1 billion for the UK economy annually.
With legalisation and controlled distribution it will benefit everyone:
It will displace the more dangerous strains, providing a safe product for the 3 million estimated UK users.
It will remove power from drug criminals.
It will create a substantial benefit in taxes to the economy, reducing the burden on the UK taxpayer.
Misrepresented as a harmful drug, cannabis has never been directly linked to a single death. A stark comparison to the 88,000 deaths annually from alcohol in the UK alone.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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