MANILA -- President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Friday thumbed down the
idea of legalizing marijuana in the country, including its possible use for
medicinal purposes.
"You must remember that heroin, cocaine, and the derivatives are
products of opium poppy plant.
So matagal masyado magtama, if at all.Talagang
mabuang (It takes time to be absorbed, if at all. You get crazy).
Plant ‘yan eh (That's a plant). Marijuana. They are cultivated,"
Duterte said in his speech at the campaign rally of Partido Demokratiko
Pilipino - Laban ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) in Victorias City, Negros Occidental.
Duterte said considering marijuana as a medicinal drug equates to
condoning wrongdoings.
"I am ignorant of that kind of research, I must admit. And I do
not read it and I do not intend to legalize it. Ayaw ko (I do not
want to). Gawain mo lang excuse ‘yan eh (Legalization would be used
as an excuse). Magtatanim ka ng iyo. Sabihin mo, 'Medicinal man kaya
‘to(People might cultivate it and say it is for medicinal purposes)," he
said.
The President said drug traders can use this measure as an excuse to
continue their illegal businesses.
"Sabihin medicinal. Lahat na lang mag-medicinal na. (They
say it's medicinal. Suddenly, everything will become medicinal.) That would be
an excuse. Hindi ako pumayag (I did not agree). Not in my time. Not
in my time. Some other president, maybe," he said. (PNA/By EJ Roque)
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