This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Legalise all forms of THC products for a direct reduce in violence within the UK
Proving that multiple different offences, including murders, caused the illegal sales of THC products. by making the current affair legal it will stop the money made from selling illegally, the crime which also comes with the criminal offence, and the income in revenue towards the government.
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Lord Alan Sugar calls for cannabis to be legalised ‘to reduce knife crime’
Lord Sugar said, ‘My idea would be, one element of it, if it was legalised it would do away with a lot of gang culture, very similar to Prohibition in America many many years ago back in the 1930s, when alcohol was legalised again it just wiped out the crime and corruption.’
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Why was this petition rejected?
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There's already a petition about legalising cannabis. You might want to sign this one if it calls for what you want to happen:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/229305
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