The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is “not” endorsing the legalization of marijuana, its president and Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas said on Thursday.

According to Villegas, the CBCP has “merely noted” existing provisions of Republic Act [RA] 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act., noting that even the “Dangerous Drugs Board may permit the importation, distribution and prescription of dangerous drugs for medical and research purposes.”

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