This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government

Rejected petition Decriminalize Cannabis.

With high potency skunk flooding the UK. And outdated research based on this high potency strain, we are calling on the government to decriminalize Cannabis, and take the business from criminal empires, putting huge amounts back into the economy and reducing the strain on the nhs.

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Legalising cannabis could raise £1bn in tax, says think tank
Decriminalising the drug will generate cash for the Treasury as well as realising savings for public services, it is argued.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/legalising-cannabis-could-raise-1bn-in-tax-says-think-tank-11420586

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/215640

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