The decision of the United Nations to remove medical cannabis from the list of what it considers as “dangerous drugs” has been welcomed by some members of the House of Representatives.
“This is a major breakthrough since many critics have been using this provision as their reasoning to stop the passage of my medical compassion cannabis House Bill 279,” Isabela Rep. Tonypet Albano said.
The measure, or the original medical cannabis bill, was authored by former congressman and now Isabela Gov. Rodito Albano which his brother, Tonypet, refiled in the current 18th Congress through his policy adviser, Dr. Socorro Reyes.
“The bill has been filed since 2014. I have with me the Philippine Cannabis Compassion Society, parents and patients of those who need medical cannabis because they have been very sick,” she said.
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