Puerto Rico Governor Decrees Medical Marijuana Legal

García Padilla Touts Rising Tide of Research on Therapeutic Benefits
PanamPost
May. 04, 2015

Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcí­a Padilla signed an executive order on Sunday, May 3, to put an end to the prosecution of medical use of marijuana on the island. A press release issued by the governor’s office explained the decision by citing the use of cannabis for health purposes in other US jurisdictions.

Effective immediately, the order authorizes Commonwealth’s Health Department Secretary Ana Rius to allow the medical use of “some or all controlled substances or components of the cannabis plant.”

Padilla also commanded Rius to produce a report three months later, “detailing the efforts made in compliance with this order, and the results obtained and the work plan to follow.”

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