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Medical Cannabis (Access) Bill

Debate between Christian Wakeford and Elliot Colburn
Friday 10th December 2021

(3 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Elliot Colburn Portrait Elliot Colburn
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My hon. Friend has taken the words right out of my mouth. When talking to Carshalton and Wallington residents, I have found that there is a sense of stigma, and a stereotype, associated with the word “cannabis”.

Christian Wakeford Portrait Christian Wakeford
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Earlier this week, we started talking again about drugs from a public health perspective. We need to tackle the stigma of not only drugs, but alcohol addiction. No one chooses addiction. There are many things that we can do, including removing the exclusion of addiction from the Equality Act 2010, and properly funding addiction and rehabilitation services, but, again, this comes down to the financing.

Elliot Colburn Portrait Elliot Colburn
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right.