Peru has taken its first steps towards the legalisation of medical marijuana after it approved a bill that would allow the production and importation of the plant for therapeutic purposes.

The Congressional Committee on National Defense signed off on the legislation amid public outcry over a police raid on a makeshift cannabis lab run by mothers hoping to soothe the symptoms of their sick children.

 

Congressman Alberto de Belaunde said: “The Commission on Defense has unanimously decided to propose the law that decriminalizes the medicinal use of cannabis”. The bill will now go to full congress for a debate and final vote on the matter.

 

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