Former House Speaker and now Davao del Norte Representative Pantaleon Alvarez on Tuesday called for the decriminalization of marijuana use, saying it is not as "fatal" compared to alcohol or cigarette consumption.
“Restrictions in usage, even for medical purposes, under the premise of preventing public harm, make no sense at all. In a 2017 report led by doctors at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, it was found that there was no or insufficient evidence to support or refute deaths due to cannabis usage," Alvarez said.
Alvarez also said that delisting marijuana as a dangerous drug will also open its use for medical use, something that advocates have been pushing for before Congress for so long. “My proposal is we apply the rules on alcoholic beverages, softdrinks, even cigarettes, which are all bad for health. Maybe the same guidelines [on these products] should be applied on marijuana,” Alvarez added.
Painomin mo nga to nga tatlong basong alak at pahithitin ng marijuana tapos maglakad isang oras sa edsa para matoto 😂😁🇵🇭
'not as fatal'... that's it?
Ay teka. Pakidala nga sa mga rehab centers and sa NCMH para matuto.
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