(Last of two parts)Last year, shortly after winning the election, President Rodrigo Duterte said in several press interviews that he was personally in favor of legalizing medical marijuana. ADVERTISEMENT“There are medicines being developed, or are now in the market, that contain marijuana for medical purposes,” he said. Two years earlier, 70 congressmen, or 24 percent of the House of Representatives, endorsed the original medical marijuana bill, which was revised and is now known as House Bill No. 180, or the Philippine Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act. “We have their medical conditions and history on file.”Legalization advocateFormer Health Secretary Jaime Galvez Tan is an advocate for the legalization of medical cannabis.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 15, 2017 23:15 UTC