- Initiative that seeks to regulate the medical use of marijuana was generally approved by a large majority.
He took a new step on his path through Congress the project that proposes to modify the Health Code to incorporate and regulate the use of products derived from cannabis for medicinal purposes.
The Chamber of Deputies approved the initiative in general by 103 votes in favor, 1 against and 11 abstentions and will return to the Health Commission for its particular analysis and to review the indications that the parliamentarians entered.
This is an important advance considering the broad support achieved in the vote, showing a Lower House open to giving the green light to this initiative, nevertheless, It still has a long way to go to become law.
The project states that any manufactured product of any kind, subspecies or variety of the genus cannabis intended for medical treatment, must be prescribed by a health professional enabled, through the corresponding prescription issued in accordance with the provisions of the Health Code and current regulations.
further, states that The recipe just mentioned will constitute sufficient authorization for the provisions of the article. 8 of the Ley 20000 –which points to the sanctions for growing cannabis if you do not have authorization- when specifying the necessary doses, the duration of the treatment and corresponds to any of the diseases that can be treated using these products.
Likewise, It will be up to the treating doctor to base his diagnosis on the relevance of the treatment indicated in the medical prescription.; and that, further, Natural products derived from cannabis will not be considered counterfeit, provided that its use is prescribed for medicinal purposes.
After this approval of the idea of legislating, also called in general, the project and the indications They will be heard in the House Health Commission, and then return to the Chamber for the vote in particular, Y, if approved, will go to its second legislative process in the Senate.
