This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Legalise Recreational Cannabis across the United Kingdom
The prohibition of Cannabis has been continued for too long, once a domestic crop with 100s of uses; now a Class B drug, which doesn't kill unlike tobacco and alcohol! The continued extensive research flooding out from the USA, of which 30 states have legalised Cannabis in some form calls for change
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480,000 deaths a year - Tobacco - USA - https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/fast_facts/index.htm
8,758 deaths a year UK - Alcohol - https://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/alcohol-statistics
Cannabis - 0 - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/how-much-marijuana-take-to-kill-you-fatal-weed-a8043856.html
The real gateway drugs are tobacco and alcohol, alcohol causes vast public disturbances and creates formidable family feuds. And nicotine is as addictive as cocaine!
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