This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Legalise the medical and recreational use of marijuana in the United Kingdom
It’s time the people who suffer in silence get the help they need and by legalising medical marijuana and recreational marijuana it will not only improve peoples quality-of-life it will also improve pain management and bring profitable source of money to the United Kingdom
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key points!
Weed is 114 times safer than alcohol
Weed can kill cancer cells
Dope is actually less addictive than drinking coffee
Legalising weed would recharge the British economy
Legalising dope DOESN’T encourage young people to smoke it as in Colorado, legalising cannabis has actually led to a drop in the number of young people smoking it.
Most people in the UK and the U.S. now support weed being legalised
Political heavyweights such as Barack Obama are getting behind legalisation
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/215640
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