A gaggle of oldsters advocating for the legalization of medical marijuana requested a Senate panel on Wednesday to move a legislation that may give them simpler entry to inexpensive hashish merchandise with out the chance of getting jailed.
Dr. Donnabel Trias-Cunanan, president and spokesperson of Cannahopefuls Inc., spoke earlier than the Senate Subcommittee on Health and Demography, which tackled Senate Bill 230 or An Act Granting Access to Medical Cannabis as a Compassionate Alternative Means of Medical Treatment.
Cunanan has been advocating for the medical use of hashish since 2013, after her baby was identified with an intractable type of epilepsy, world developmental delay, and cerebral palsy.
She narrated earlier than the panel the tedious technique of making use of for a compassionate particular allow so they might buy and ship medical hashish, which she mentioned might help together with her kid’s seizures.
They had tried seven to eight epileptic medicine however nothing labored, she added.
“Nais ko pong ipaalam sa inyo sa lahat nang andito na ang compassionate special permit is not compassionate at all,” she mentioned.
“Unang-una po napakahirap ng proseso ng pag-aapply nito. Kinailangan ko pong dumaan sa butas ng karayom. Humingi po ako ng napakakapal na medical history o medical abstract ng aking anak sa ospital. Pangalawa, hiningan ko po ng awa ang aking doktor para payagan na ireseta ito sa akin,” she added.
Although they accomplished all the necessities, Cunanan mentioned they’ll solely purchase a drugs that prices $32,000 as a result of that is the one drug that meets the particular tips set by the Food and Drugs Administration.
“Kaya po kami po bilang ina, kumakatok kami sa inyong puso…We highly support Senate Bill 230 dahil po naniniwala po kami na ang batas na ito ang siyang magbibgay sa amin ng legal access, number one for an affordable, abot-kayang gamot para po hindi lang sa mayaman kundi lalo na po para sa mahirap na mga pasyente,” she mentioned.
“Pangalawa, safe, ligtas na hindi ho kami mahuhuli or makukulong dahil lang ninanais namin na gumamit ng gamot na makakatulong sa aming mga anak. Safe na wala pong pesticides, wala pong insecticide na posibleng maka-harm pa po ng aming mga anak,” she added.
Passing the legislation would additionally take away the CSP requirement and they’d not wait for 3 months earlier than the medical hashish is delivered, Cunanan mentioned.
“We are seeking your help to kindly pass it because as of today, as I speak, we have around 80 patients who died already…and we cannot afford to wait for a longer time,” she mentioned. — BM, GMA Integrated News
