Peru legalises medical marijuana in move spurred by mother's home lab
Peru legalises medical marijuana in move spurred by mother's home lab
Proposal to decriminalise the drug came after police raided a makeshift laboratory where a group of women made cannabis oil for their sick children
Dan Collyns in Lima
@yachay_dc
Friday 20 October 2017 15.57 EDT
Lawmakers in Peru have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a bill to legalise medical marijuana, allowing cannabis oil to be locally produced, imported and sold.
With a vote of 68-5, Peru’s Congress approved the bill which will be written into law in 60 days, once regulations for producing and selling cannabis have been set out.
Alberto de Belaunde, a governing party lawmaker and advocate of the proposal, said: “We’ve ensured that thousands of patients and their family members will enjoy a better quality of life.”
“This is a historic moment and my dream is that empathy and evidence can continue to defeat fears and prejudices,” he told the Guardian.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/20/peru-marijuana-cannabis-legal-terminally-ill-children