dical marijuana was supported by the House Bill 6517 or the Philippine Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act seeking to legalize the use of medical marijuana in the country. The author of this controversial house bill was Isabela Representative Rodito T. Albano III and he has been gaining support for it. He assured that medical marijuana being used in a legal way will not affect healthy Filipinos but rather aid to the recovery of terminally ill Filipinos. This house bill was first rejected in the 16th Congress because it didn’t even gain the approval of the committee level. However, right now, change of events can be clearly seen. The House passed this house bill with a vote of 163 for the measure. Well, even President Rodrigo Duterte approve the medical use of marijuana.

Clearly stated in the bill that if ever medical marijuana will be legalized, it has to adhere to the requirements that will be given by the Department of Health. Control provisions also stated in the bill serve as an assurance that there will be no abuse in usage of this drug and will only cater to patients with severe conditions. The said bill attempts to create a Medical Cannabis Regulatory Authority which will be under the supervision of the Department of Health with the purpose of regulating the usage of medical cannabis in the Philippines. Also, a facility called Medical Cannabis Safety Compliance Facility will be formed to conduct continuous research about cannabis.

On the contrary, Clark, Capuzzi & Fick (2011) asserts that legalizing marijuana may be of medical benefits or something that constitutes the rights of the people to medical access, there are still humps that may escalate the momentum of this supported legal marijuana endeavor knowing that this is a Schedule I drug that has been a subject for state and federal conflicts. First is the law that regulates the substance in the federal and state levels. Second is that there are conflicts on the rights of each state on legalizing due to the precedence of executive laws that regulates the use of marijuana in most of the states. There were about 16 states that already established legal marijuana inc