A top Roman Catholic bishop has expressed support for the medical use of marijuana in the Philippines.

Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, also president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), cited provisions of Republic Act (RA) 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, that defends such use for marijuana.

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