This petition was submitted during the 2015 to 2017 Parliament
Rejected petition Legalise the production, sale and use of cannabis.
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Legalising cannabis could bring in £900m in taxes every year, save £400m on policing cannabis and create over 10,000 new jobs.
A substance that is safer than alcohol, and has many uses. It is believed to have been used by humans for over 4000 years, being made illegal in the UK in 1925.
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
The existing petition on legalising cannabis is still open for new signatures until 21 January 2016 so we cannot accept a duplicate. It is still possible for MPs to seek further debates or action on this issue if they wish to do so.
The petition is here:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/104349
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.