Is cannabis legalisation coming to the UK?

Is cannabis legalisation coming to the UK?

The Home Secretary has ordered a review into the medicinal use of cannabis – saying his decision was prompted by the cases of two young children with severe epilepsy, who were denied access to the drugs they need.

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Sajid Javid said the review would first look into which cannabis based medicines might offer real benefits to patients – and then investigate any necessary change in the rules.

Families who’ve been campaigning for change have welcomed his announcement but say a decision is needed quickly

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  3. randomMandem on June 9, 2022 at 11:13 am

    I hope so



  4. earthredalert on June 9, 2022 at 11:14 am

    Legalisation is SO OVERDUE in Britain. Damn, we need to unite on this as a society. The boozy society that we are…come on. What can we do on a practical level to contribute?



  5. rainbowtrout97 on June 9, 2022 at 11:14 am

    yet theresa mays husband is happily cultivating cannabis and exporting as a medicine this is scandalous



  6. Kris Brown on June 9, 2022 at 11:14 am

    That daily drug load is crazy.
    One or two Zoots that’s all she needs.



  7. Callum Coates-Keddy on June 9, 2022 at 11:14 am

    Im disgusted with this country restricting life saving medicines for the sake of this old conservative way of looking at this herb. oooo it will make you paranoid, it will save lives you brain washed idiots.



  8. Shane Fowkes on June 9, 2022 at 11:16 am

    We are 3 years ahead of this point where do we stand now?? , still illegal and sources state its getting harder regardless of what right the public have and also blurred Libes around medical cannabis get to the point its eather illegal or legal end of #2021 get with the program there are %20 more useres today then 10 years ago



  9. Mark Ferguson on June 9, 2022 at 11:19 am

    weed is so good for so many people that need it in our Country the sick and the illness that are making people suffer and people should be able to smoke and have a good time like people drink alcohol



  10. R3TV on June 9, 2022 at 11:24 am

    Shows how stupid the UK gov is. Just legalise it and the money from Tax alone will keep the country going through this Brexit pish.



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  12. Bud & Tender on June 9, 2022 at 11:32 am

    Four years ago the UK produced 95 tonnes of legal cannabis, I wonder how much they are producing today?🧐



  13. Janes-e on June 9, 2022 at 11:33 am

    I had meningitis when I was 14 now in coma for 13 months now 44 and am unable to work from pain seizures multiple involuntary movements with,fatigue/restless leg syndrome,anxiety,fibromyalgia,depression,nerve damage, acdf surgery,finger curvature,extreme lower back pain and the list of medicines I’m on which are legal is very long,yet cannabis thc oil works better than any legal opoid drugs in uk and yet now been visited by border patrol for 42ml of thc oil and now at ends wit. At the moment I have had enough of life while dealing with pain and now don’t know where to turn..😒😔😣 amazes me how alcohol is legal yet a plant that can change my life is illegal.. mp please help my life 🙏



  14. John Noredline on June 9, 2022 at 11:33 am

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  15. Jon Emery on June 9, 2022 at 11:34 am

    Not a hope, gangsters run everything.
    Every time you vote…
    Your weakness
    Is their gain
    Why do they run the NHS down?
    And try to enforce experimental injections on a whole population !
    Whilst the people around you believe they are right and keep voting for the same Shysters!!
    You are screwed !!
    By the your compatriots.
    And your Government.



  16. Dave Walker on June 9, 2022 at 11:34 am

    Should never have been illegal.



  17. freedom fighter on June 9, 2022 at 11:35 am

    Millions smoke it in the UK, multi millions of pounds going to street dealers tax free . Wake up UK and legalise it , because you won’t stop the use of it.



  18. Jean-Pascal Heynemand on June 9, 2022 at 11:36 am

    Cannabis legalisation for medical and recreational use is the only lucid and responsible option. The multiple Global successes in legalisation are eloquent and irrefutable proof.



  19. user7 on June 9, 2022 at 11:36 am

    Still waiting….



  20. Nnnn on June 9, 2022 at 11:36 am

    Just legalise the whole thing just because a couple people get psychosis, who normally have already existing mental illness or issues, means no one can use it. People drink themselves to death daily and smoke tobacco relentlessly. These poor kids need it as a medicine and all they do is elongate these “trials” to suppress the idea of legalisation. Legalisation would reduce crime as cannabis is a main contributor to gangs and criminals so why don’t we take the profit from the criminals and pump it into our economy? It can also be used to create things such as clothing, structures, candles etc. Most importantly it can be used to treat horrible health issues such as epilepsy, cancer, anxiety and many more. It’s time we reform our archaic laws from as far back as 1928, which is pre World War 2 and this country has changed massively from then. Do the right thing and legalise the herb!



  21. MKS on June 9, 2022 at 11:37 am

    Legalize all drugs apart from antibiotics to be bought in a supermarket after all adult need to be allowed to make their decisions.



  22. Jinty C on June 9, 2022 at 11:40 am

    Javid lied😡😡



  23. Chris Smith on June 9, 2022 at 11:40 am

    If people or so called "parents" took the common sense approach and treated their kids with the medicine that works "cannabis", then I am sure the medical community in the UK could catch up.. it is now allowed under the "Cancard scheme" hopefully people will take the initiative to take their legal cannabis rights, also this would help with legalisation if people would sign up to the UK cannabis card… We may be slow/ retarded in the UK compared to the USA and other countries in Europe, however hopefully the "Monkeys" employed in these positions of power will retire and be replaced by real people that represent the UK, or die of cancer or other auto-immune disease that Cannabis is claimed to cure!



  24. David Cat on June 9, 2022 at 11:41 am

    no



  25. Jinty C on June 9, 2022 at 11:43 am

    Problem is big pharma



  26. Callum Coates-Keddy on June 9, 2022 at 11:45 am

    So if it is so beneficial why on earth cant we as a society have it? We have a stupid conservative government who restricts us. Im though-ally sick of it.



  27. Gordon david McClure on June 9, 2022 at 11:45 am

    DOWN WITH THE CROWN.



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  29. Michael Skelton on June 9, 2022 at 11:46 am

    Epilepsy drugs are psychotic anyway. I can imagine they’re more likely to cause psychotic episodes. Especially if the treatment that works for your epilepsy is CBD based and not THC based.



  30. aguynsoho yo on June 9, 2022 at 11:47 am

    I blame bojo



  31. londonparis [parislondon] on June 9, 2022 at 11:47 am

    2018: Is cannabis legalisation coming to the UK?
    2021: We had an election, got a new PM, covid19 happened, Brexit is done. And cannabis is still nowhere near to being legalised.



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  34. Alistair Dollente on June 9, 2022 at 11:52 am

    Trust me…. Legaling cannabis in Britain won’t only be saving peoples lives with just epilepsy



  35. Jimny_Adventures on June 9, 2022 at 11:53 am

    I can’t believe we are still waiting in 2021… it really is pitiful!
    Yet I can legally drink myself to death if I want to???
    Stop oppressing society and allow people to medicate without fear of prosecution and ridicule! Without cannabis my Migraines would be absolutely crippling.
    My partner medicates for her fibromyalgia, without it she is in severe pain and feels like her skin is on fire.
    This plant gives us both a better quality of life without doubt, now it’s time that we should be able to buy legally from a licensed authority instead of putting ourselves in danger having to use street dealers. It’s just wrong.
    At the very least you should be able to safely grow a small amount of plants for yourself in your own property… even if you had to apply for a license to do so!

    I really hope the UK wake up and realise that millions of people could benefit… not to mention the vast amount of extra money generated and put back into the British economy!
    Lord knows we need it. 🙏🙏🙏



  36. Hbpw on June 9, 2022 at 11:53 am

    2 years later and all we got is cbd and cancard



  37. Skunk Works on June 9, 2022 at 11:54 am

    All that is needed is the right to grow and take ….I been on tablets for my blood pressure but think may be there is a cannabis type that would do a better job but No its Illegal to grow or take …It is all about money the county needs to go green and there is no better plant to be used and grown…. Hemp put the Great in Great Britain..



  38. SM on June 9, 2022 at 11:54 am

    Some democracy, it’s clear the majority of Uk citizens want legalisation.



  39. Thuroczi on June 9, 2022 at 11:55 am

    It’s not guys, i’m in 2022 now and it’s still illegal.



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  41. Ray on June 9, 2022 at 12:01 pm

    Have a look at the Can card



  42. thePLECTRUM on June 9, 2022 at 12:03 pm

    Can I apply living in the UK on maybe special circumstances?? I am mentally and physically ill, I have nerve root damage due to disc prolapse’ in my lower back and it looks like I may be suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder (mentally) Due to major anxiety issues I first tried cannabis when I was 15 and it made me panic and that panic lasted so as my mental health got more tender I learned that alcohol was what I needed to "Man Up" and be molded into another and as I grew older I found the hangovers far yo hard to embrace, to the point I would have to drink more and everyday for at least for days until the anxiety wore off, then when my back started playing up I found myself at the doctors being diagnosed with depression so I started being heavily medicated from prescription drugs Tramadol, Pregabalin, Duluxotine, Sertraline, Mirtazapine and Omeprizal, this led my to stop drinking, cold turkey style, it was tough, but I was in far to much pain to care, over the years I have become more confused and I believe sphychsis maybe setting in and I hade started to realise all the Darkness that has and does happen to me, bur also all of the wrong things I do, which to others. Last summer to help with my Chronic mental pain I started using cannabis as a way to cope (and as a last resort to save my relationship with my wonderful wife to be) the first couple of times I was 15 and panicking until tge cannabis helped me realise another perception, a place where the voices stop, a place when my tense and stressed body starts to actually relaxe, but it’s costly and illegal in the UK, but all those other drugs the NHS prescribe me are extremely costly and deadly, but that’s ok?!!! Why can’t they allow me 1 maybe 2 plants a year so I can use it as a medicine and would cost the NHS hardly anything in comparison, would I qualify??



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  44. Jay Ali on June 9, 2022 at 12:05 pm

    Legalise it



  45. Gordon david McClure on June 9, 2022 at 12:05 pm

    Won’t make any difference to me as i made it legal and I can get it any time I want.
    UK your nothing but an alcoholic, child abusing nation down with the crown.



  46. harry whittleworth on June 9, 2022 at 12:05 pm

    The government should not have any place in deciding what I put in my body



  47. TinnyTime on June 9, 2022 at 12:07 pm

    This is so stupid, I don’t understand the thinking of some countries. It’s a little plant that makes you happy and can save lives, yet they’re happy for hundreds of thousands to die from smoking and alcohol? Nobody has ever died from weed, it doesn’t make sense. It’s old bogans, with old views running countries with progressive societies.



  48. Anon on June 9, 2022 at 12:08 pm

    Where is it then?

    Its harder to get medical cannabis now in the UK than it was before the law change in 2018.

    Any minister that makes money from the prohibition of drugs should be charged with crimes against the people.



  49. wullieman on June 9, 2022 at 12:08 pm

    How much is confenscated from dealers to personal users every year,ad how much is not confenscated. Take these into account and it gives you an idea how much . But give youre junkies there methadone at a cost i for one would like to know how fkn much that costs.



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