Rejected petition Legalise Medical Marijuana for NHS patients who have the permission of a doctor.

Medical Marijuana has been legalised in countries across the world, including 28 states in the USA, as it has been recognised to help treat pain and a variety of diseases such as HIV/AIDS and cancer. Further, its side effects are minor compared to lethal and addictive legal opioids.

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http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000884 - 41 scholarly articles on how Marijuana can help treat a wide variety of diseases.

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0092816 - Scholarly article demonstrating that the legalisation of medical marijuana does not adversely affect crime rates.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/179197

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Date submitted 21 February 2017
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