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That this House deplores the continuing criminalisation of thousands of otherwise law-abiding people who use cannabis medicinally to relieve chronic pain and distress caused by multiple sclerosis, AIDS, and the side-effects of chemotherapy; and supports the simple change in the law recommended by the House of Lords Select Committee on Science to allow a limited number of doctors to prescribe cannabis to named patients in the same way that millions of other prescriptions are now dispensed. Signed by: Flynn/Paul, Austin/John, Harris/Evan, Brake/Tom, Iddon/Brian, Bradshaw/Ben, Mitchell/Austin, Jones/Lynne, Tonge/Jenny, Hancock/Mike, Mahon/Alice, Cummings/John, Godman/Norman A, Cryer/Ann, Barnes/Harry, Kumar/Ashok, Lewis/Terry, George/Andrew, Cotter/Brian, Simpson/Alan, Jones/Nigel, Ballard/Jackie, Sarwar/Mohammad, Caton/Martin, Michie/Bill, Turner/Desmond, McNamara/Kevin, Cable/Vincent, Cook/Frank, Jones/Jenny, Campbell/Ronnie, Corbyn/Jeremy, Vis/Rudi, Prentice/Gordon, Brand/Peter, Clapham/Michael, Gorrie/Donald, Steinberg/Gerry, Hughes/Simon, Gerrard/Neil, Harvey/Nick, Best/Harold, Davey/Valerie, McDonnell/John, Clarke/Tony, Dawson/Hilton, Kingham/Tess, Sawford/Phil, King/Oona, Salter/Martin, Naysmith/Doug, Cousins/Jim, Foster/Derek, Organ/Diana, Breed/Colin, Abbott/Diane, Lloyd/Peter, Connarty/Michael, Wright/Tony, Wright/Anthony D, Pike/Peter L, Ewing/Margaret, Thomas/Simon, Rapson/Syd, Worthington/Tony, Strang/Gavin, Opik/Lembit, Clwyd/Ann, Bottomley/Peter, O'Neill/Martin, Beith/AJ, Bell/Martin, Williams/Betty, McAllion/John, Benn/Tony, Wood/Mike, Sanders/Adrian, McWalter/Tony, Body/Richard, Cohen/Harry, Jackson/Robert, Wyatt/Derek, Taylor/Dari, Griffiths/Jane, Cann/Jamie, Bradley/Peter, Field/Frank, Gorman/Teresa, Mudie/George, Benn/Hilary, Gidley/Sandra, Marshall-Andrews/Robert
That this House, recognising that decriminalising marijuana possession is on the agenda and likely to become, with the Police Foundation report, an issue which will precipitate emotive public debate urges Her Majesty's Government to take the question of the therapeutic use of marijuana for the treatment of medical conditions such as multiple sclerosis, Aids, arthritis and the relief of severe pain, out of this debate entirely so as to ensure that sufferers are not forced onto the streets to purchase illegal drugs or face an omnipresent threat of prosecution which puts the sick and dying on the frontline of the war against drugs, but that instead, recognising the opinion of the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology that marijuana has therapeutic value as well as the overwhelming volume of evidence about its benefits which is now emerging, should follow the suggestions of the Lords' Select Committee, accelerate the research which will legitimise prescription of marijuana for treatment on a named patient basis, but in the meantime, to prevent the law being brought into disrepute and juries being faced with agonising choices about jailing MS victims suggests that the police be instructed not to prosecute victims of these diseases and conditions who grow or purchase marijuana for their own exclusive use with the written support of their doctor, so that with the issue of medical use taken out of the debate, the wider decisions on marijuana can be taken on a rational and considered basis. Signed by: Mitchell/Austin, Flynn/Paul, Iddon/Brian, Austin/John, Bradley/Peter, Barnes/Harry, Gerrard/Neil, Prentice/Gordon, Cryer/Ann, Harris/Evan, Wigley/Dafydd, Griffiths/Jane, Gorrie/Donald, Cotter/Brian, Cable/Vincent, Michie/Bill, Cohen/Harry, Simpson/Alan, Jones/Lynne, Godman/Norman A, Brand/Peter, Steinberg/Gerry, Brake/Tom, Tonge/Jenny, McNamara/Kevin, Ballard/Jackie, Corbyn/Jeremy, Caton/Martin, O'Hara/Edward, Gunnell/John, Mahon/Alice, Lewis/Terry, Moffatt/Laura, Thomas/Simon, Sawford/Phil, Best/Harold, Bradshaw/Ben, Gibson/Ian, Clwyd/Ann, George/Andrew, Abbott/Diane, Cook/Frank, Salter/Martin, White/Brian, McDonnell/John, Harvey/Nick, Campbell/Ronnie, Breed/Colin, Davey/Valerie, Vis/Rudi, Turner/Desmond, Pollard/Kerry, Rendel/David
That this House congratulates the Daily Telegraph for their intelligent, progressive call to legalise cannabis for an experimental period. Signed by: Flynn/Paul, Mitchell/Austin, Cryer/Ann, Barnes/Harry, Gibson/Ian, Morgan/Julie, Cohen/Harry, Mahon/Alice, Prentice/Gordon, Austin/John, Abbott/Diane, Cook/Frank, Corbyn/Jeremy, Iddon/Brian, Michie/Bill, Jones/Lynne, Tonge/Jenny, Godman/Norman A, Campbell/Ronnie, Simpson/Alan, Best/Harold, Vis/Rudi
That this House believes that the use of recreational cannabis should be allowed under strictly controlled conditions for an experimental period on the lines of the licensed cannabis cafes in the Netherlands. Signed by: Flynn/Paul, Jackson/Robert, Cook/Frank, Gorman/Teresa, Clwyd/Ann, Iddon/Brian, Godman/Norman A, Bradshaw/Ben, Benn/Tony, Wood/Mike, Vis/Rudi, Jones/Lynne, Tonge/Jenny, Cryer/Ann, Body/Richard, Griffiths/Jane, Gerrard/Neil, Gibson/Ian, Simpson/Alan, Marshall-Andrews/Robert, Barnes/Harry, McDonnell/John, Ballard/Jackie, Bradley/Peter, Cohen/Harry, Austin/John, McAllion/John, King/Oona, Best/Harold, Kingham/Tess
That this House, in view of the large numbers of multiple sclerosis sufferers using cannabis to alleviate and treat their condition, because they know its value as confirmed by the BMA report on cannabis, and the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology which recommended that it should be made available to them, knowing that in the light of all this, juries have become increasingly reluctant to sustain prosecutions against the victims of this terrible disease, for possession, use or even growing cannabis, a failure which brings the law into disrepute and undermines the war against hard drugs, as the Runciman Report for the Police Foundation wisely points out; regrets that the Government refuses to hear representations from the Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics and its expert advisers on the grounds that decisions must be postponed indefinitely for protracted research; considers that this unjust attempt to postpone the inevitable is an abdication of responsibility, particularly now that NICE is recommending withholding from new MS victims the only current alternative treatment, beta interferon; and recommends the Government to grasp the nettle and to stop putting MS sufferers on the front line of its war against drugs by ending attempts to prosecute victims of multiple sclerosis, or their close relatives, for using, possessing or growing cannabis, for treatment of their condition, when recommended in writing by their doctor. Signed by: Mitchell/Austin, Flynn/Paul, Wigley/Dafydd, Iddon/Brian, Simpson/Alan, Jones/Lynne, Ballard/Jackie, Michie/Bill, Llwyd/Elfyn, Corbyn/Jeremy, Godman/Norman A, Wright/Anthony D, King/Oona, McNamara/Kevin, O'Neill/Martin, Caton/Martin, Gidley/Sandra, Campbell/Ronnie, Wyatt/Derek, Body/Richard, Harvey/Nick, Jones/Nigel, Davey/Valerie, Cohen/Harry, Hancock/Mike, Best/Harold, Opik/Lembit, Brand/Peter, Ewing/Margaret, Lewis/Terry, Jones/Barry, Rapson/Syd, Taylor/Matthew, Organ/Diana, Connarty/Michael, Gorman/Teresa, Wood/Mike, Vis/Rudi, Cable/Vincent, Cotter/Brian, Bradshaw/Ben, Barnes/Harry, Benn/Tony, Cann/Jamie, Sawford/Phil, Cook/Frank, Brake/Tom, Cousins/Jim, Michie/Ray, McWalter/Tony, Jackson/Robert, Tonge/Jenny, Cryer/Ann, Foster/Derek, Gorrie/Donald, Austin/John, Mahon/Alice, Naysmith/Doug, McAllion/John, Clwyd/Ann, Efford/Clive, Dean/Janet, Clarke/Tony, Adams/Irene, Abbott/Diane, McDonnell/John, Rendel/David, Turner/Desmond, Sarwar/Mohammad |
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