Rejected petition Make cannabis based medicines readily available for people with chronic pain

At present people have to rely apon prescribed opioids or over the counter expensive cbd products to relieve chronic pain and other symptoms instead of prescribed cannabis based medicines which at present is only available for certain illnesses.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We can't accept your petition because we are not sure what action you would like the UK Government or Parliament to take.

We understand you are concerned about cannabis based medicines but we are not sure what you mean by "readily available".

You could start a new petition setting out clearly what action you would like the UK Government or Parliament to take. For example, you could start a new petition to allow some cannabis-based medicines to be sold over the counter if that is what you would like to see.

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Date submitted 8 February 2019
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