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Raise the minimum age of paracetamol purchase from 16 to 18 years old

Submitted by Jack Joseph Brown on Wednesday 5th March 2025

Published on Monday 7th April 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Tuesday 7th October 2025

Signatures: 31

Relevant Departments

Tagged with

18 years ~ Change ~ Damaged ~ Incidents ~ Medicine ~ Minimum ~ minorities ~ Paracetamol ~ Raise ~ Years ~ Young people

Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 31 signatures in total, with signatories from 16 constituencies. That makes it the 35,985th most popular petition of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 4% (very low) and a Local Issue Rating of 42% (very high).

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Notes on geography

Signatures by constituency and region don't necessarily add up to the total number of signatures. That's because the petitions system doesn't validate postcodes, and some people mistype them. And without a valid postcode, a signature cannot be allocated to any particular place.

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