cannabis Alert Sample


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Alert results for: cannabis

Information between 16th April 2025 - 26th April 2025

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Parliamentary Debates
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
117 speeches (48,245 words)
2nd reading
Wednesday 23rd April 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: Lord Brady of Altrincham (Con - Life peer) Nobody ever talks about the percentages of young people who are now smoking illegal cannabis and the - Link to Speech
2: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Cannabis is an illegal drug. - Link to Speech
3: Lord Teverson (LD - Life peer) because when it comes to the noble Lord, Lord Stevens, and evidence, we should look at the cannabis - Link to Speech
4: Lord Berkeley (Lab - Life peer) It is not that the Crown is very likely to be selling under-age cannabis or tobacco or anything else, - Link to Speech



Petitions

Legal cannabis grows, 2-8 plants, for medical prescription users

Petition Rejected - 9 Signatures

Medical users of cannabis should be allowed to grow their own plants, for personal use. Medicinal users should be allowed 3-8 plants to make sure they have a consistent supply of their medicine as well. This would help a lot of people financially, medically and helps people learn more skills

This petition was rejected on 17th Apr 2025 as it duplicates an existing petition

Found: I believe medicinal users should be allowed to grow their own cannabis, there are multiple benefits for



Bill Documents
Apr. 24 2025
Written evidence submitted by Justice and Care (CPB61)
Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26
Written evidence

Found: [14] Eg: Liverpool Echo, 'Cuckooing' victim confined to lounge as bedroom used to grow £44k cannabis



Department Publications - News and Communications
Friday 25th April 2025
Home Office
Source Page: International crackdown on cannabis smuggling
Document: International crackdown on cannabis smuggling (webpage)

Found: International crackdown on cannabis smuggling



Department Publications - Statistics
Thursday 24th April 2025
Home Office
Source Page: Crime outcomes year to December 2024: data tables
Document: (ODS)

Found: informal) 134876 136842 152888 0.02484991591164016 0.025400058060669688 0.02857503310497056 7 Cannabis

Thursday 24th April 2025
Home Office
Source Page: Police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables
Document: Recorded crime data offence reference table (ODS)

Found: Cannabis) Drug offences Drug offences Possession of drugs 92E Possession of controlled drugs (Cannabis



Non-Departmental Publications - News and Communications
Apr. 24 2025
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Source Page: Short-acting beta 2 agonists (SABA) (salbutamol and terbutaline): reminder of the risks from overuse in asthma and to be aware of changes in the SABA prescribing guidelines
Document: ‘Asthma-and-anaphylaxis.pdf’ (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: See Further Guidance and Resources document for more information Substance misuse by the child Cannabis



Non-Departmental Publications - Statistics
Apr. 24 2025
HM Prison and Probation Service
Source Page: Offender management statistics quarterly: October to December 2024
Document: (PDF)
Statistics

Found: This increase was likely driven by prosecutions for smuggling cannabis into the UK.



Non-Departmental Publications - Open consultation
Apr. 17 2025
Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
Source Page: Review of the Senior Traffic Commissioner’s Statutory Document: Vocational Driver Conduct
Document: (PDF)
Open consultation

Found: It becomes apparent that the drugs detected were cocaine and cannabis which had been consumed recreationally

Apr. 17 2025
Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
Source Page: Review of the Senior Traffic Commissioner’s Statutory Document: Vocational Driver Conduct
Document: (PDF)
Open consultation

Found: It becomes apparent that the drugs detected were cocaine and cannabis which had been consumed recreationally