The American-run Philippine Commission passed an Opium Act that registered habitual Chinese users, licensed opium dispensaries and phased out non-medical opium by March 1908; cocaine and eucaine were restricted at the same time. The Act did not mention cannabis. The first national marijuana statute came in 1953, when the Narcotic Drugs Law taxed and registered marijuana transactions and declared its cultivation against national policy.[1][2]
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References
- Act No. 1761 — The Opium Act (Supreme Court E-Library)Sections 1–5 and 28–32; enacted 10 October 1907, effective 17 October 1907
- Republic Act No. 953 — The Narcotic Drugs Law (LawPhil)Sections 1–3, 10 and 15; marijuana registration, tax stamps and cultivation banarchived
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