Rejected petition Cannabis for treatment of cancer.

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We urge the UK Government to consider the use of cannabidiol (CBD), the non psychoactive part of the cannabis plant, as an effective cancer treatment,

and note that:

• a UK company, GW Pharmaceuticals is currently marketing Savitex, made from extracts from the cannabis plant, in the UK, for medicinal purposes.

• the granting of such a license proves that the cannabis plant is not harmful to human health

• patients and their families are being needlessly exposed to an unregulated, criminal-controlled economy.

• cancer sufferers who distil the CBD oil at home, are being wrongly criminalised

• there is a huge body of work proving that CBD is a most effective form of cancer treatment

• cancer sufferers urgently need safe access to safe medicine.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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Please see "Legalise High CBD (Cannabidiol) Low THC strains, High CBD Hemp"

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Date submitted 18 February 2014
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