Recreational marijuana may have become legal in the state of Colorado in the United States and may soon be duplicated in other states, but the trend is highly unlikely to get support here in the Philippines, a lawmaker said Friday.

Senator Vicente Sotto 3rd, said that it is unlikely and even close to impossible for Congress to pass a measure to legalize marijuana because Filipinos are aware of the danger cannabis could bring to an individual and to society.

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