MANILA, Philippines — The removal of cannabis or marijuana from the most dangerous category of drugs will have no immediate impact on the country’s efforts against illegal drugs, the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) said Wednesday.
DDB chairman Catalino Cuy said the country’s drug laws will prevail in terms of the use of marijuana.
“In terms of domestic drug control, this will have no immediate impact as the government will have a jurisdiction relative to classifying and regulating cannabis commonly known as marijuana,” he said in a Kapihan sa Manila bay forum.
“‘Yung ating domestic laws will still prevail,” Cuy added.
The United Nations (UN) Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) e…
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