House panel OKs bill on legalizing medical marijuana use

**_Qwerty_** · September 26th, 2017 03:33 PM

House panel OKs bill on legalizing medical marijuana use | News | GMA News Online

The House Committee on Health has approved a bill seeking to legalize and regulate the use of marijuana for medical purposes.

The House panel unanimously endorsed House Bill 180, otherwise known as the proposed "Philippine Medical Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act," following consultations with patients, advocacy groups, health care practitioners and experts.

The objective of the bill, authored by Isabela Representative Rodolfo Albano, is to legalize and regulate the medical use of cannabis, found to have beneficial and therapeutic uses in treating chronic or debilitating medical conditions.

If enacted into law, the measure will establish Medical Cannabis Compassionate Centers (MCCC) which are authorized to sell, supply and dispense cannabis to qualified patients or their caregivers through S3-licensed pharmacists.

The MCCC is licensed by the Department of Health based in department-retained hospitals, specialty hospitals and private tertiary hospitals.

The bill will also provide for the establishment of the Medical Cannabis Research and Safety Compliance Facilities mandated to conduct scientific and medical research on the medical use of cannabis.

The DOH will issue identification cards to qualified medical patients upon certification from physicians with whom they have a bona fide relationship as having debilitating medical condition. They should also receive therapeutic or palliative benefits from medical cannabis use.

The department will also provide training for medical cannabis physicians.

**_Cathy_** · September 26th, 2017 03:38 PM

This is good news

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**_Qwerty_** · September 26th, 2017 03:39 PM

chongki legal.. yosi bawal!

**dreamur** · September 26th, 2017 03:59 PM

My gad i heyt drugs!!!

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**greenlyt** · September 26th, 2017 04:01 PM

matutuwa si Cheech and Chong nyan

**CVT** · September 26th, 2017 04:47 PM

LET ME ROLL IT TO YOU !!!

Silaban na iyan!

**kagalingan** · January 19th, 2018 12:29 AM

napanuod ko sa news.... haaay salamat lumalawak na information dito...... mukhang malaki chance na pumasa ito....

**kagalingan** · January 19th, 2018 04:43 AM

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"wala pa tao gumamit ng medical marijunana na namatay dahil naoverdose.."

**kagalingan** · January 19th, 2018 06:35 PM

imagine yung negosyo pwede dumami pag naapprovahan ito.... hectarya organic marijuana farming.... Ang target dito export cannabis oil...

at ito medical marijuana eh subok na subok na safety.... napupulitika lang kasi madami maitutulong at wala ata patent ito... anyone can make it... Kaya haharangan talaga ng pharamaceutical companies yan.

yung iba kasi iniisip hihithitin...... halleeer!!!! ano yan may epilepsy na yung bata tapos pahihithitin pa....

eh yung dengvaxia nga pucha inapprovahan agad..... ngayon naglalabasan na deadly side effects......