Supposedly, he's considering the legalization of cannabis for medical reasons, but I don't think that's good enough. Actually, the concept of legalization misses the point altogether. Why should anyone need government's permission to use cannabis in the first place? It's a plant. Is government the owner of all things? Is it our master? When it comes to the use of any substance--natural or not--people should be left alone unless they commit murder, rape, theft, assault, etc. Freedom is the issue.

I think it's insulting to many Filipinos to suggest that they can't keep themselves from committing heinous crimes of aggression while under the influence of illegal psychoactive substances. They can and they must; many of them do. When they don't, then they should be held accountable. Moreover, think about this: the same sort of argument you make above can be made against alcohol, which causes drunkards to "lose control" all the time. When someone gets drunk and psysically assaults someone else, we don't blame alcohol in general. We hold the person who committed the crime responsible. All other users of alcohol are left alone.