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Cannabis And Mental Health

EDM number 1962 in 2006-07, proposed by Lynne Jones on 19/07/2007.

That this House supports the view of the mental health charity Rethink that reclassifying cannabis will not in itself lead to a decrease in the number of people who use it; notes that the proportion of young people using cannabis has fallen since it was reclassified in January 2004 from 25.3 per cent. of 16 to 24-year-olds in 2003-04 to 20.9 per cent. in 2006-07; believes that any funding allocated to reclassification would be better spent on drugs work that focuses on mental health risk and not the law as the main lever to reduce use; and therefore urges the Government to increase the scale of public education campaigns and research on cannabis use and mental health and not to change the legal classification of the drug.

This motion has been signed by a total of 13 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Lynne Jones19/07/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourProposed
Brian Iddon23/07/2007Bolton South EastLabourSeconded
Ian Gibson23/07/2007Norwich NorthLabourSeconded
Stephen Williams23/07/2007Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSeconded
Paul Flynn23/07/2007Newport WestLabourSeconded
Martin Caton24/07/2007GowerLabourSeconded
Andrew George24/07/2007St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
John Austin24/07/2007Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Rudi Vis24/07/2007Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard26/07/2007WalthamstowLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell08/10/2007Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Bill Etherington15/10/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson22/10/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned

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