Rejected petition Make the use of medical and recreational cannabis legal in the UK

Legalising cannabis could bring in up to £900m each year, save millions of pounds on the policing of a plant and offer unto 15,000 jobs.

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A substance which is safer than alcohol and has many uses, some of which help the human body. Alcohol cause 2.5 million deaths worldwide a year. Cannabis causes none

Last year, Colorado, the first state to introduce legal recreational cannabis, brought $996m, $200m of which went to the school system.

So why shouldn't it be legal?

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/118978

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Date submitted 19 April 2016
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