Senator Robinhood 'Robin' Padilla on Friday pushed for the legalization of medical marijuana as a “compassionate alternative means of medical treatment.”
Senator Robinhood"Robin" Padilla on Friday pushed for the legalization of medical marijuana as a “compassionate alternative means of medical treatment.”
He said that it has been widely used as herbal medicine to treat conditions of “gout, rheumatism, malaria, and poor memory.” Meanwhile, the DOH was designated as the principal regulatory agency that shall establish Medical Cannabis Compassionate Centers in public tertiary hospitals.
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