Rejected petition Stop home Secretary Suella Braverman from considering making cannabis a Class A

Suella Braverman believes that cannabis is linked to psychosis, cancer and birth defects.

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Psychosis has always effected roughly 1% of the population. Cannabis use has sky rocketed yet there isn’t an increase in psychosis like you’d expect

She also believes that cannabis is a gateway drug

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dariosabaghi/2021/12/07/a-brief-history-of-the-false-myth-about-cannabis-as-a-gateway-drug/amp/

Britain are one the leading producers of medical cannabis & it’s time to allow their citizens access to a drug their own government grows for medical purpose

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Since you started your petition the Government has said that it has no plans to change the classification of cannabis from class B: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63203665

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Date submitted 10 October 2022
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