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NHS- Diabetes Link Questionable

Posted by 3Tat on September 16, 2015 at 9:50 AM Comments comments (0)

Wondering Why Its Illegal

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Petition Makes Debate

Posted by 3Tat on September 16, 2015 at 9:20 AM Comments comments (0)

Government Response To Making The Production,Sale And Use Of Cannabis Legal

Posted by 3Tat on September 16, 2015 at 9:15 AM Comments comments (0)

Government responded:

 

Substantial scientific evidence shows cannabis is a harmful drug that can damage human health. There are no plans to legalise cannabis as it would not address the harm to individuals and communities.

 

The latest evidence from the independent Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs is that the use of cannabis is a significant public health issue (‘Cannabis Classification and Public Health’, 2008).

 

Cannabis can unquestionably cause harm to individuals and society. Legalisation of cannabis would not eliminate the crime committed by the illicit trade, nor would it address the harms associated with drug dependence and the misery that this can cause to families.

 

Legalisation would also send the wrong message to the vast majority of people who do not take drugs, especially young and vulnerable people, with the potential grave risk of increased misuse of drugs.

 

Despite the potential opportunity offered by legalisation to raise revenue through taxation, there would be costs in relation to administrative, compliance and law enforcement activities, as well as the wider costs of drug prevention and health services.

 

The UK's approach on drugs remains clear: we must prevent drug use in our communities; help dependent individuals through treatment and wider recovery support; while ensuring law enforcement protects society by stopping the supply and tackling the organised crime that is associated with the drugs trade. The Government will build on the Drugs Strategy by continuing to take a balanced and coherent approach to address the evolving challenges posed.

 

There are positive signs that the Government’s approach is working: there has been a long term downward trend in drug use over the last decade, and more people are recovering from their dependency now than in 2009/10. The number of adults aged 16-59 using cannabis in the last year in England and Wales has declined over the last decade from 9.6% to 6.7%, with cannabis use amongst young adults aged 16-24 and young people aged 11-15 following a similar pattern.

 

Click this link to view the response online:

 

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/104349?reveal_response=yes

 

This petition has over 100,000 signatures. The Petitions Committee will consider it for a debate. They can also gather further evidence and press the government for action.

 

The Committee is made up of 11 MPs, from political parties in government and in opposition. It is entirely independent of the Government. Find out more about the Committee: https://petition.parliament.uk/help#petitions-committee

Cannabis petition forces MPs to consider debating legalisation

Posted by 3Tat on July 26, 2015 at 11:10 AM Comments comments (0)
A petition calling for the total legalisation of cannabis in the UK has been signed by more than 125,000 people in just four days. The response to an appeal hosted on the government�??s official e-petitions website means MPs must now consider debating the issue in parliament. All petitions that reach 100,000 signatures are given such consideration. The petition�??s success comes after a persistent campaign on social media, with activist-linked Twitter accounts around the world calling on UK-resident marijuana smokers to sign up. The drive comes in the same week that three police commissioners said that, in light of budget constraints, they would not expect their officers to prioritise the pursuit of people growing cannabis plants for personal use.The petition was posted to the parliament website on Tuesday. By 6.30pm on Saturday it had reached 125,000 signatures, well exceeding the 100,000 needed for the government to consider debating the issue in the Commons. It calls for parliament to �??make the production, sale and use of cannabis legal�??. According to its accompanying text: �??Legalising cannabis could bring in £900m in taxes every year, save £400m on policing cannabis and create over 10,000 new jobs.�?? The text describes the drug as �??a substance that is safer than alcohol, and has many uses. It is believed to have been used by humans for over 4,000 years, being made illegal in the UK in 1925�??. The man who started the petition, James Owen, an economics student at Aberystwyth University, told the Guardian he felt people in the UK were ready for cannabis law reform.With Uruguay legalising, a lot of states in the US legalising, government cuts, people don�??t want to spend the money on policing something they find is harmless,�?? the 25-year-old said. �??There�??s roughly 3 million adult [cannabis] smokers in the UK and I don�??t think it�??s right for the government to be criminalising such a large section of society.�?? Jason Reed, executive director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (Leap) UK, said the petition by Owen, who is not linked to any drug reform activist groups, had come at the right time. �??It�??s definitely an issue that people are now taking seriously because before now people saw cannabis reform as something that was for a certain demographic,�?? he said. �??I think it�??s broken into public consciousness. People realise that their loved ones, they are involved in this, so treating people as criminals is quite a barbaric idea now.�?? Source: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jul/25/cannabis-legalisation-petition-government-website

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