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Therapeutic Use Of Cannabis

EDM number 158 in 1996-97, proposed by Paul Flynn on 07/11/1996.

That this House applauds the approval of the voters of California and Arizona of the medicinal use of cannabis for treating the symptoms of serious illnesses; notes that cannabis was prescribed in the United Kingdom until 1971 without harmful results; recognises that cannabis sativa is non-addictive, less toxic than aspirin, has never been proved to have poisoned anyone and is more benign than almost all other palliative medicines; recalls that it has been used as a medicine by hundreds of millions of people for 3,000 years in all continents; and calls on the Government to allow its prescription in tablet form for patients suffering from multiple sclerosis, glaucoma, cerebral palsy, Aids and the effects of chemotherapy.

This motion has been signed by a total of 28 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Paul Flynn07/11/1996Newport WestProposed
Tony Banks07/11/1996Newham North WestSigned
Keith Hill11/11/1996StreathamSigned
Paddy Tipping11/11/1996SherwoodSigned
Colin Pickthall12/11/1996West LancashireSigned
Gordon Prentice12/11/1996PendleSigned
Lynne Jones12/11/1996Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Ronnie Campbell12/11/1996Blyth ValleySigned
Michael Connarty12/11/1996Falkirk EastSigned
John Cummings12/11/1996EasingtonSigned
Audrey Wise12/11/1996PrestonSigned
Ann Clwyd13/11/1996Cynon ValleySigned
John Gunnell13/11/1996Leeds South and MorleySigned
Neil Gerrard13/11/1996WalthamstowSigned
Don Foster13/11/1996BathSigned
Richard Burden13/11/1996Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
Bill Michie13/11/1996Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Alan Simpson13/11/1996Nottingham SouthSigned
Nick Harvey14/11/1996North DevonSigned
Alan Howarth14/11/1996Stratford-on-AvonSigned
Martyn Jones14/11/1996Clwyd South WestSigned
Ken Livingstone18/11/1996Brent EastSigned
Gerry Steinberg18/11/1996Durham, City ofSigned
Chris Davies19/11/1996Littleborough and SaddleworthSigned
Mildred Gordon21/11/1996Bow and PoplarSigned
Win Griffiths21/11/1996BridgendSigned
Teresa Gorman26/11/1996BillericaySigned
Russell Johnston27/11/1996Inverness, Nairn and LochaberSigned

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