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A SENIOR congressman is optimistic that the Senate will soon pass the medical cannabis bill that has been ratified by the House of Representatives.
In light of the declaration by the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs —the UN’s drug policy-making body—Villafuerte expressed hopes that the senators would also give weight to the fact that medical cannabis has already been legalized in 60 countries and that its medicinal value has been affirmed in medical journals of various prominent global institutions.
Among the therapeutic benefits cited in these top medical journals are the efficacy of medical cannabis in decreasing chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting, improving appetite, and reducing patient-reported multiple sclerosis spasticity symptoms. As the Senate deliberates on its version of the House-approved measure excluding CBD from the list of prohibited drugs under Republic Act 9165, Villafuerte was confident that the recognition by the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs of the non-addictive therapeutic benefits of medical cannabis will convince most senators to finally give their nod to this proposal that has long been pending in Congress.
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