Marijuana bilang gamot, sinuportahan
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Nanindigan ang Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) sa posisyon nito na limitahan ang paggamit sa marijuana sa mga gawaing medikal, at hindi sa ano pa mang gawain.
Ito ang sinabi kahapon ni Derrick Carreon, tagapagsalita ng PDEA, bilang pagsuporta sa kaparehong posisyon ni 2018 Miss Universe Catriona Gray, na inilahad ng huli sa pageant.
Sa question and answer portion ng pageant nitong Lunes, natanong si Gray tungkol sa kanyang opinyon sa paggamit sa marijuana bilang gamot.
“I’m for being used in medical use but not so for recreational use. Because I think if people were to argue, ‘what about alcohol and cigarettes?’ So everything is good but in moderation,” isinagot ni Gray sa host na si Steve Harvey.
“Miss Universe herself said no to recreational use, and that is our same stand. Because recreational use are those who consume the plant or any part of it,” sabi ni Carreon.
“If you are a doctor, you don’t say to the patient you take one stick of marijuana a day. It is not the case. You don’t use the
plant or a part of it for medicine. It is in controlled amount, extracted, in a tablet, capsule or vial. If it is a case a medical preparation, served with minimal amounts, then logically there is good use for it because it has already been proven in certain studies,” dagdag ni Carreon.
Sinabi rin kahapon ni Senator JV Ejercito na bukas siya sa naging mungkahi ni Gray tungkol sa kapakipakinabang na paggamit ng marijuana.
“I am open to it, as chair of the committee of health, because it can prolong the lives and ease the pain of cancer patients and relieve their agony,” sinabi ni Ejercito sa press briefing. “Why not? As long as safety measures are in place. Because it might be abused especially here where there are many instances they can find ways to sidestep the law. So we need to make sure that if that is going to be allowed, we need to be strict.”
Sinabi ni Ejercito, chairman ng Senate committee on health and demography, na tatalakayin niya ang usapin kay Senate President Tito Sotto III, na kilalang kontra sa ilegal na droga.