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Even national hero Dr. Jose Rizal said that marijuana extract could be bought from pharmacies during his time.

Former US President Barrack Obama, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dalai Lama were known to be medical marijuana users.

The only thing being asked by supporters and movers for medical marijuana use, including patients, caregivers, doctors, lawyers, etc. is to find an alternative medicine from medical cannabis and not from importation of the same.

(The author is a licensed doctor since 2013, researcher and an international lecturer for medical marijuana. He founded the Philippine Society of Cannabinoid Medicine in 2014.)