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Cannabis still a 'dangerous drug,' says PH anti-narcotics body

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/reuters/12/02/mexico-cannabis.jpg"/><figcaption>Marijuana leaves are pictured while people protest against the cannabis legalization bill approved by Mexico&#x27;s Senate as a way to a market that would benefit big companies, outside Congress building in Mexico City, Mexico, November 26, 2020. <em>Edgard Garrido, Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Cannabis or marijuana remains a &quot;dangerous drug&quot; under Philippine law, government said Thursday after the United Nations removed it from the category of narcotic drugs to allow easier medical research.</p><p>Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) chairman Catalino Cuy earlier said the country only recognizes medical marijuana, and its recreational use was still illegal. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/12/04/20/ddb-chief-marijuana-only-for-medical-not-recreational-use-in-ph">DDB chief: Marijuana only for medical, not recreational use in PH</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/12/03/20/un-drug-agency-loosens-global-controls-on-cannabis-following-who-advice">UN drug agency loosens global controls on cannabis, following WHO advice</a></li></ul><p>Under the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, marijuana &quot;cultivation, possession, use, sale, administration, dispensation, delivery, distribution and transportation&quot; remain punishable, the DDB and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said in a joint statement.</p><p>PDEA and other uniformed personnel will continue to enforce the law, they added.</p><p>&quot;It remains regulated because it is highly addictive and posses negative health, social, and legal consequences,&quot; the statement read.</p><p>&quot;Through this clarification, the DDB and PDEA hope that the reclassification of cannabis by the UN-CND will not send a wrong message to the public, especially the youth that it is safe and legal for recreational use.&quot;</p><p>The state agencies said cannabis remains under Schedule I of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, which limits exclusively to medical and scientific purposes the production, manufacture, export, import, distribution, and possession of such substance.</p><p>Its removal under Schedule IV of the Convention means that the UN &quot;acknowledges that cannabis may have potential therapeutic or medicinal value,&quot; the agencies said.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sbhp0dA4fYI?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Cannabis or marijuana remains a "dangerous drug" under Philippine law, government said Thursday after the United Nations removed it from the category of narcotic drugs to allow medical research easier.</p>

Cannabis or marijuana remains a "dangerous drug" under Philippine law, government said Thursday after the United Nations removed it from the category of narcotic drugs to allow medical research easier.