House panel approves proposed medical cannabis law – POLITIKO
WHY IT MATTERS: If this medical cannabis law passes in the Philippines, patients with qualifying conditions may gain legal access to cannabis-based treatments that were previously unavailable or carried serious legal risk. CLINICAL OVERVIEW: The…
Health advocate underscores ‘real danger’ in medical cannabis legalization in PH
WHY IT MATTERS: Patients in the Philippines who might benefit from cannabis-based therapies for conditions like chronic pain or epilepsy are directly affected by whether lawmakers build a regulated, medically supervised program or stall indefinitely due…
DOH sets conditions on proposed medical cannabis legalization | Philippine News Agency
WHY IT MATTERS: If the Philippines establishes a regulated medical cannabis program, patients in the country who currently have no legal access to cannabinoid therapies for conditions like chronic pain, epilepsy, or cancer-related symptoms could gain…
The House Committee on Dangerous Drugs, together with the Committee on Health … – Facebook
WHY IT MATTERS: When countries like the Philippines move toward legalizing medical cannabis, it expands the global research landscape and may eventually improve the quality and diversity of clinical evidence that informs treatment protocols everywhere,…
HEMP Act Industry Reactions: ‘No One Will Grow a Crop That Might Be Illegal in November’
Hemp farmers must decide right now what to plant for 2026, but nobody can tell them whether their crop will be legal by the time it's harvested in November. Industry stakeholders weigh in on the HEMP Act. AHPA President Graham Rigby calls it a 'starting…