Peru has taken its first steps towards the legalization of medical marijuana after it approved a bill that would allow the production and importation of the plant for therapeutic purposes.
The Congressional Committee on National Defense signed off on the legislation amid public outcry over a police raid on a makeshift cannabis lab run by mothers hoping to soothe the symptoms of their sick children.
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Congressman Alberto de Belaunde said, “The Commission on Defense has unanimously decided to propose the law that decriminalizes the medicinal use of cannabis”.
The bill will now go to full congress for a debate and final vote on the matter.
