Sen. Robinhood “Robin” Padilla has renewed his push for the bill prescribing marijuana for medical purposes and expanding access to medical cannabis as a medical treatment. Padilla refiled the bill on Monday, June 30 as senators rush to file their first 10 priority measures for the 20th...
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand is further tightening control of cannabis by banning sales of the plant to those without prescriptions. Thailand became the first country in Asia to decriminalize cannabis in 2022, in a move that boosted Thailand 's tourism and farming, and spawned thousands of...
Marijuana plant Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte says solons should finish their prolific 19th Congress by passing the measure allowing the use of medical cannabis or marijuana. “If all goes well, this Congress can cap its...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Rep. Villafuerte's office) A veteran congressman is hopeful that the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs' (CND) official recognition of the medicinal value of cannabis oil (cannabidiol...
Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez (Facebook) Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez lauded on Wednesday, July 31, the “good news” that was the passage of the measure seeking the legalization of medical marijuana or...
Senator Robinhood "Robin" Padilla has filed a resolution urging the Department of Health (DOH) to foster and strengthen international collaboration with its foreign counterparts for medical cannabis. Padilla said that this is to harness expertise and expand research and development in a bid...
Police stand guard as cannabis activists and entrepreneurs, holding cannabis plant gather in front of Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, July 8, 2024. (AP) BANGKOK — Two years after marijuana was decriminalized in Thailand, nearly a hundred of its advocates marched to the...
Senator Pia Cayetano on Friday, June 7 expressed her alarm over the recent seizure of a parcel containing millions worth of assorted disposable vapes infused with cannabis at the Port of Clark in Pampanga. This, after Bureau of Customs (BoC) officials seized P4-million worth of “kush”...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is optimistic that a measure legalizing medical cannabis of marijuana will get approved before the end of the 19th...
Parcels declared as commodities from the United States of America and Canada were revealed to contain marijuana and cannabis oil with a combined worth of P3 million, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) reported Monday, April 29. An inspection by officials of BOC-Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) of...
The controversial bill seeking to legalize access to medical cannabis or medical marijuana is now up for plenary deliberations in the Senate. Sen. Robinhood Padilla wants to allow the use of medical cannabis as he pushes the passage of Senate Bill No. 2573 or the Cannabis Medicalization Act...
While Senator Imee Marcos appreciates the intent behind the bill seeking to legalize medical marijuana, she said that this requires very strict enforcement to ensure its intended use. "I appreciate the intent particularly the compassionate use of marijuana but at the same time I would like to...
