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The time is now to advance medical cannabis in the Philippines, said a policy advisor to Congressman Rodolfo T. Albano, who authored recent legislation.
On Sept. 25, the Philippines Parliamentary House Committee approved a medical cannabis bill and pushed it forward in the political process. This move is an incredible achievement for a nation currently gripped in a bloody drug war endorsed by President Rodrigo Duterte.
Any medical marijuana legalization in the Philippines would foster one of the starkest contrasts in drug policy seen today, where medical patients would be permitted to ingest cannabis while recreational users are targeted in government-approved extrajudicial killings.
To get the latest on the bill and its move through the governmental process, Marijuana.com interviewed Socorro L. Reyes, Ph.D, the senior policy advisor for Congressman Albano.
(Marijuana.com) What was the catalyst for the medical cannabis legislation currently being considered in Parliament?
(Socorro L. Reyes) Congressman Albano was approached by Moms for Marijuana Philippines, now known as the Philippine Cannabis Compassion Society (PCCS), to ask if he can introduce a bill legalizing…
