E-6991: Petition to the House of Commons — Canadian Petition Tracker
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Track petition E-6991 — "Petition to the House of Commons" sponsored by Dean Allison. 911 signatures and counting. See signature growth trends and provincial breakdown on PetitionTracker.ca.
Petition Text
Petition to the House of Commons
Whereas:
• An Evidence Brief in Public Health Ontario in April 2018 stated that, “exposure to cannabis odours has been reported to result in headaches, eye and throat irritation, nausea and discomfort”;
• The U.S.Centres for Disease control and Prevention stated that, “Developing brains, such as those in babies, children and teenagers are especially susceptible to the harmful effects of cannabis and THC because the brain is continuing to develop until around age 25”;
• The Legislative Review of the Cannabis Act (March 2024) stated that, “Canada continues to report among the highest rates of youth cannabis use in the world, and cannabis use among young adults has increased [...] surveys now suggest that more than 4 in 10 Canadians aged between 20 and 24 report using cannabis in the past year”;
• The Legislative Review also states that, “Further, increasing reports of poisonings among children who have unintentionally consumed cannabis are troubling”; and
• Public Health stakeholders are “citing concerns about the potential impact on child poisonings, cannabis-related emergency room visits and mental health impacts”.
We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to:
1. Remove the licence of cannabis producers that allow the escape of cannabis odours;
2. Raise the minimum age of possession of cannabis to 25 years;
3. Not allow the production of cannabis in the edible form; and
4. Act on the Recommendations of the Review of the Cannabis Act by “setting and monitoring targets for reducing youth and young adult cannabis use” and “reinstating health warning messages that pertain to serious cannabis-related mental health risks, including psychosis and schizophrenia”.