Rejected petition Allow legal medical cannabis patients in the UK to grow their own medicine

Create a licensed framework that allows legal medical cannabis patients to grow a limited personal supply at home. Similar models exist in Canada and the US. This would reduce cost, increase access, and protect patients from unnecessary criminalisation.

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Many legal medical cannabis patients are unable to afford their prescriptions or access them consistently. This leads to reliance on unregulated sources or the risk of criminalisation for self-growing. Home cultivation under controlled, licensed conditions would reduce harm, lower costs, and align with compassionate access models already used in other developed countries. Patients deserve safe, affordable access without fear.

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You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:

Make it easier to obtain a licence to produce/grow medical cannabis
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/725168

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Date submitted 22 July 2025
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