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Our speaker, Dr. Jose Rodriguez Orango, is one of Puerto Rico's experts on a headline topic of the day. He is a professor and a former acting chancellor at the Medical Center Campus of the UPR School of Medicine. His focus is on understanding of biochemical/pharmacology processes of anti-viral and anti-cancer drugs. He was invited to Rotary to speak on the current situation of medicinal cannabis in Puerto Rico. We learned that cannabis was known as far back as 5000 years ago in China. The Indians in the New World were also aware of it in the 1500's. The US, since 1937, has been either taxing, controlling or considering it a crime for possession. The recently passed local law, Act 42, has now legalized medical marijuana. Active license sites, labs, and dispensaries are being set up for the expected 60,000 patients by the end of 2018. It was interesting to learn that 52 is the mean age of persons qualified to use the substance. |
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