After a long road led by activists who defend the legalization of cannabis for therapeutic and medicinal use, Panama’s National Legislative Assembly approved at the end of August a bill that would legalize this substance.
The use of cannabis will be “for therapeutic, medical, veterinary, scientific and research purposes in the national territory,” according to the text approved in August.
Those who promoted this law seek to improve the quality of life of people with glaucoma, epilepsy, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, migraines, convulsions and different types of pain, including cancer.
The law will allow the import, export, cultivation, production and commercialization of cannabis and its derivatives through a series of licenses granted by the Panamanian state, which will be carried out in designated areas with limited access and under a control system with surveillance cameras.