![]() ![]() Rest assured this holds true among politicians the world over. lawmakers, we often say they have never met a tax they didn’t like. They are aware of states pulling in millions of dollars in tax revenues from both medical and recreational marijuana. They certainly know what has gone on here. Padilla and his lawmaker counterparts are well aware of legalized marijuana in other parts of the world. Congratulations go out to him for latching onto the one issue that could sway a compelling number of prohibitionists. Senator Robin Padilla recently addressed his colleagues in a speech designed to highlight the most compelling reason to legalize medical cannabis: helping to close a big gap in the country’s pending ₱5.268-trillion budget. The tipping point might be potential tax revenues. On the other are prohibitionists who do not want to see medical cannabis become legal. On the one hand are medical cannabis advocates who want legalization. Filipino lawmakers are in the midst of a medical cannabis debate not dissimilar to what so many U.S. ![]()
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