Submitted on Monday 27th June 2022
Rejected on Friday 1st July 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Discuss the use of medical cannabis for motor neurone disease
To allow prescription of medical cannabis to patients diagnosed with motor neurone disease
Motor neurone disease is a deadly , painful disease with no treatment available .
Medical cannabis controls the pain , helps with sleep , and there is currently investigation suggesting that can delay incapacity and death
Medical cannabis is already prescribed to diseases of the same family , why not this one ?
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.
Decisions about when to prescribe 'medical cannabis' are a matter for individual clinicians, not the UK Government or Parliament.
You can find out more about when 'medical cannabis' is likely to be prescribed here: www.nhs.uk/conditions/medical-cannabis/
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