Authorities destroyed thousands of marijuana plants in Tupi, South Cotabato, on Sunday, according to a regional police officer on Tuesday. According to Brig. Gen. Alexander Tagum, director of the Police Regional Office-12, the marijuana plants, worth P4.6 million, were instantly set on fire by police officers and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-12 operatives. He claims that it was alert informants who informed them to the multiplication of marijuana by a certain Siano Dialang in Barangay Miasong in Tupi, allowing members of PRO-12 units and PDEA-12 operatives to carry out the uprooting operation quickly.

Marijuana is the most commonly used federally illegal drug in the United States, with an estimated 48.2 million users in 2019.2 Marijuana usage may have a variety of health impacts on the body and brain. To read more about how marijuana usage might effect your health, click on the sections below.
The Philippines’ drug laws are one of the most severe in the world, including death sentences for even having a little quantity of cannabis. However, the country may pass legislation to allow medicinal cannabis, with even President Rodrigo Duterte admitting its advantages for patients.