On January 29, House Bill 6517 was passed by a nearly unanimous vote of 165-5 (3 abstentions) in the lower house of the Philippines Congress. Known as the Philippine Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act, the legislation paves the way for legalizing the use and domestic production of cannabis for patients in need. It will also enable…

In November 2014, 56.5% of voters in the U.S. Virgin Islands voted in favor of a non-binding referendum indicating their support of legalizing medical cannabis. Four long years later, and after several failed bills were introduced by Senator Positive T.A. Nelson, the Virgin Islands Medicinal Cannabis Patient Care Act was finally signed into law by…