An official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has appealed to the government to find a better alternative medicine to marijuana and expressed opposition to the drug’s legalization for medical use as proposed by seven lawmakers.

Fr. Dan Cansino, the executive secretary of the CBCP-Episcopal Commission on Health Care, said better alternative cures could be developed than the addictive plant.

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