Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, one of the sponsors of the measure, emphasized that the bill was only intended to allow patients to have access to marijuana similar to making pharmaceutical products available to them.
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Lawmakers in the Philippines House of Representatives this week voted 177-9 to legalize medical cannabis. The proposal, however, faces an uncertain future in the Senate.
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If passed, the bill would legalize medical cannabis access for patients with specific qualifying conditions and only
One of the bill’s co-sponsors, Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, said the bill is intended only to benefit patients; the chair of the House Committee on Dangerous Drugs, meanwhile, said the medical cannabis proposal would not be a stepping stone to adult-use legalization — and that cannabis would remain listed as a federally prohibited substance.
