Rejected petition Use fact based evidence to legalise cannabis for medicinal and recreational use

A petition to create a legal cannabis industry in the United kingdom with aim to
-Take a fact based approach to legalisation
-Remove cannabis as a listed illegal drug
-Assist those with genuine medical need
-Cost saving on policing
-Tax revenue from recreational cannabis exedeing £1 billion

This petition was rejected

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.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/168911

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Date submitted 30 January 2017
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