Senator Robin Padilla has filed a bill seeking to legalize the use of medical marijuana or cannabis as a “compassionate alternative means of medical treatment” in the country.
“The State should, by way of exception, allow the use of cannabis for compassionate purposes to promote the health and well-being of citizens proven to be in dire need of such while at the same time providing the strictest regulations to ensure that abuses for casual use or profiteering be avoided,” Padilla said in his bill.
Senate Bill No. 230 allows medical marijuana, which refers to products such as capsules and oil, to be used on a “qualified patient who has been diagnosed by a certifying physician as having a debilitating medical conditions.”
The proposed measure defines ebilitating medical conditions as “cancer, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, damage to the nervous system of the spinal cord, epilepsy, HIV/AIDS, rheumatoid arthritis or similar chronic autoimmune deficiency, diseases requiring hospice care, severe nausea, sleep disorders, mood disorders, and recurring migraine headaches, among others. #IMTNEWS
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