Rejected petition Decriminalize cannabis for personal-use in your own home

Decriminalize Cannabis for personal-use in your own home. Stop wasting police time on low-level 'drug' users, decriminalizing cannabis for home-use would 'allow' cannabis users to use cannabis in a safe environment away from the streets, shop corners and colleges.

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Governments response to "Make the production, sale and use of cannabis legal."

"Substantial scientific evidence shows cannabis is a harmful drug that can damage human health. There are no plans to legalise cannabis as it would not address the harm to individuals and communities."

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

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Date submitted 26 June 2016
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