Indopedia All Things Marijuana
If there’s one place in the world that you wouldn’t want to get caught with drugs in, the Philippines is probably somewhere at the top of your list. The Southeast Asian country has spiraled into a violent drug war led by President Rodrigo Duterte, leaving over 8,000 dead from extrajudicial killings. The outspoken and vicious president has been heavily criticized across the globe (by pretty much everyone aside from Donald Trump) for his extreme human rights violations.
However, despite the president’s deadly prohibition against the use of recreational marijuana and other drugs, the medical cannabis movement is still fighting for a place in the Filipino society. Back in March, the Philippine Congress allowed medical marijuana legislation to be debated on the floor. If the bill passes, the country would become the first to legalize medical cannabis use in all of Southeast Asia. The measure was originally introduced back in 2014, but ultimately failed to garner approval.
To some extent, even Duterte himself has expressed support for medical cannabis legalization. Back when he was on the campaign trail in 2016, the president called medical use of marijuana…
