MPs want to relax laws on cannabis research to find out if it should be legalised in the UK

Laws governing medical research into the effects of cannabis on patients could be relaxed, a Home Office minister has signalled.

Mike Penning told MPs the Government would not support an e-petition calling for the legalisation of the production, sale and use of cannabis – which gathered 223,169 signatures.

But the Conservative frontbencher said there is a need to ‘look carefully’ at the impact of certain parts of legislation on research.

He added there should not be anything in law which prevents research into improving the quality of people’s lives, noting he would work with other government departments to see how that can be done.

The good news

MPs want to relax laws looking into the medical benefits of cannabis.

Also, a panel was launched for officials to look into how a marijuana market would work in the UK.

 

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