This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Stop drugs on our streets. Safe lives! Save generations
Clean our streets and country of all forms of illegal drugs. Save lives and save generations of families being destroyed by this plague and too many innocent lives lost
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To Save lives and save generations of families being destroyed by this plague and too many innocent lives lost. Alongside trying to protect lives from Covid-19 and attempting to address the obesity/inequalities in our society. This disease of drugs in our society is creating serious long term problems to public lives and the economy. Creating pressures on already stretched Public services. The government needs to come up with a solution to finally rid this disease from our society.
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Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
We understand that you are concerned about the impact of illegal drugs, but it's not clear what you want the Government to do about this. We can only accept petitions that request a specific action from the Government.
The Government's latest drug strategy was published in July 2017, and can be viewed here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/628148/Drug_strategy_2017.PDF
You could start a new petition requesting a specific action by the Government to tackle illegal drugs, such as increasing funding for the police to enforce current laws, or publishing a revised drug strategy.
We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:
Stop nitrous oxide (N2O / laughing gas) abuse in our communities: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301247
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