NoBox Transitions calls on legislators to oppose the passage of the Death Penalty Law, and to support a public health approach to drug use, in the Philippines.
Good policy follows good science. WHO could show it cares about cannabis and the millions of people using it by reducing the health and social harms that result from the current international policy.
Obama: "We should try to discourage substance abuse. And I am not somebody who believes that legalisation is a panacea. But I do believe that treating this as a public-health issue, the same way we do with cigarettes or alcohol, is the much smarter way to deal with it."