Comment of UK Parliament back-bench debate on Cannabis petition signed by almost 250,000 to legalise possession, cultivation and supply

 UK Parliament back-bench debate on Cannabis petition signed by almost 250,000 to legalise possession, cultivation and supply.

The petition was not able health or medical cannabis, whatever that is, it was about changing the law to legalise possession, cultivation and suppy.  It was not about drugs, it was about cannabis and the law.

There wre just about 14 MP's present.   There were twice that number of non-MP's at least, witnessing.

My own MP, Chloe Smith for Norwicc North and the Norwich South MP were absent.   Brior to the debate, I emailed Ms Smith to ask her to attend and she replied that shie would listen.

So I do hope that she listens to the recordings or reads the Hansard transcript.

Paul Flynn started the debate by saying "we" do not want cannabis legalised because it is safe, we want it legalised because it is dangerous. "we" of course does not most campaigners that I know and legalisation based on that statement will lead for sure to excessive restrictions on supply.

From what the Minister said we can expect more availability of expensive pharmaceutical cannabis medications and it would not surpirise me if some sort of ban on seeds.

Not one of the MP's present admitted to having tried cannabis - fair enough - but is it not time they started to listen to those that have, the massive majority having suffered no ill effects and actually benefitted?

It was like listening to a group of people debating whether or not Paris is a good city and whether people should be allowed to go there, when none of those debating have actually been.

My impression of the Minister was that he had been drinking alcohol, I may be wrong, that is just my impression. Cheap alcohol subsidised by the taxpayers.

My prize for best speeches goes to Peter Lilley, Norman Lamb, Caroline Lucas and Paul Flynn.

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Cannabis and the UK Elections - The Green Party

The Green Party have done nothing to help legalise cannabis possession, cultivation and trade, over the last twenty years, now the election is coming and somebody thinks that they can appeal to the cannabis campaign for votes, I personally need more than a policy that they have mostly kept quiet.

They sat back and watched the trials of THC4MS, Biz Ivol, Colin Davies, Chris Baldwin, Pinky, Winston Matthews, Grannie Pat, Neil Morgan and SO MANY more innocents that were punished for usinga plant to their personal benefit.

All we saw was a poorly attended debate on drugs.

I want a PLEDGE.

This is what I am waiting to hear publicly announced by the Green Party before I consider giving my vote, not simply a third party telling me that you have a cannabis policy that you are afraid to mention for fear of losing votes, but something like this:

"When it comes to the question is it JUST to arrest and punish people for possession or cultivation of cannabis for their own use in their own homes if they have done no harm - the answer is NO. The Green Party will do everything in our power to put that right."