Petitions/Introduce 'Grow Your Own' Laws for Legal Medical Cannabis Patients (CBPM)
StatusClosed
Opened20 Nov 2024
Closes20 May 2025
Government responseResponded
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones 10,000

We think patients prescribed 'CBPM' by a medical specialist should be allowed to maintain 3-6 flowering plants (with extra considerations for starting new seedlings).

'GYO' registration database could be maintained via local council, notifying police of local medical grows – similar to Canadian setup. There are 45,000 legal medical cannabis patients across the UK, prescribed primarily bud/flower or refined oil extracts. Some patients face severe financial difficulty affording their prescription. Many patients are unable to work, and are forced to turn to cheaper illicit sources due to affordability. "Grow Your Own" is available to cannabis patients in many other countries for this very reason, and we think must also be considered in the UK via a change to Home Office licensing/scheduling.

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Government response

Homegrown cannabis is not a safe or appropriate substitute for regulated Cannabis Based Products for Medicinal Use and there are no plans to change the law to permit its use.

Constituency engagement ranking

Rachel Blake
1Rachel Blake MP
Cities of London and Westminster
51
Jess Asato
2Jess Asato MP
Lowestoft
48
Ben Lake
3Ben Lake MP
Ceredigion Preseli
48
Henry Tufnell
4Henry Tufnell MP
Mid and South Pembrokeshire
45
Pat Cullen
5Pat Cullen MP
Fermanagh and South Tyrone
43
Mr Angus MacDonald
6Mr Angus MacDonald MP
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
42
Sammy Wilson
7Sammy Wilson MP
East Antrim
41
Kirsteen Sullivan
8Kirsteen Sullivan MP
Bathgate and Linlithgow
41
Lucy Powell
9Lucy Powell MP
Manchester Central
40
John Finucane
10John Finucane MP
Belfast North
40