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Legalisation of Cannabis

Submitted on Saturday 6th April 2013

Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

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Legalisation of Cannabis

Additional Information

Cannabis has been proven to cause less damage to humans than cigarettes and alcohol combined.
Hemp; can be cultivated and used in numerous ways. Hemp is much cheaper than other natural materials.
Certain states in the USA have already legalised Cannabis and the UK Governement should follow by doing the same.

If Cannabis were to be legalised; police would be able to spend their time catching thieves/rapists/murderers rather than people smoking Cannabis.
Taxing Cannabis would boost the economy considerably.


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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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