This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government

Rejected petition Decriminalise marijuana, and legalise for medical and recreational use.

An increasing number of trials are evaluating the oromucosal administration of Cannabis plant extract with fixed concentrations of cannabinoid components, with national drug regulatory agencies in Canada and in some European countries that issue approval for cancer pain.

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There were over 200,000 signatures the last time this petition was taken to parliament. In 2017 alone, so much more evidence has taken the streets that the drug is safer than pharmaceutical drugs, and can aid mulitiple types of diseases and pain induced symptoms ecsectra. Not only has it been found to be one thousand times safer than cigarettes or alcohol, it is a fact that it helps the growth of new brain cells. Millions of brits think it's time, let's take this to parliament.

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