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Peru Congress Passes Bill to Legalize Medical Marijuana

The bill passed with a 68-5 vote in favor of allowing cannabis oil to be produced, imported and commercialized.

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LIMA (Reuters) - Peru’s conservative Congress passed a bill to legalize medical marijuana late on Thursday with a 68-5 vote in favor of allowing cannabis oil to be produced, imported and commercialized.

President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski had proposed the measure after police cracked down on a group of mothers making cannabis oil in a makeshift laboratory to treat their epileptic children.

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Regulations for producing and commercializing cannabis oil will be written in 60 days, ruling party lawmaker Alberto Belaunde said.

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