Rejected petition Legalise and Regulate Medicinal and Recreational Cannabis

Completely legalise, regulate and tax the British Cannabis industry, to regain control over law, economy and the job market.
The UK is the worlds largest exporter of cannabis despite it being illegal in our own law. We produce and export medicine that our own people would be prosecuted for

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Legalise and regulate the UKs cannabis market;
- To create a new industry and thousands more jobs from Covid aftermath
- To boost the struggling economy post-Covid.
- To disrupt black markets and subsequent violence -including knife crime -over localised dealing
- To free space in prisons.
- To give understaffed police a chance to catch genuine criminals.
- To enable people with medical conditions to access the medicine they require.
- in order to bring a potential £3.5billion into the treasury.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/551846

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Date submitted 21 November 2020
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