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If it will mean easing the pain of the terminally ill, using marijuana should be fine. The head of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines on Monday, July 7, said however the Church remained firm in opposing its use for recreational purposes. In a press conference held to announce the visit of Pope Francis to the country in January 2015, Archbishop Socrate Villegas said, “We are not promoting the use of marijuana. We are only referring to terminally-ill patients who are in severe pain.” Philippine laws call for life imprisonment for the possession of just 500 grams of marijuana.
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