Laurentino Cortizo

On Wednesday evening, the President of the Republic of Panama, Laurentino Cortizo, signed an Executive Decree approving Law 242, which regulates the medicinal and therapeutic use of cannabis, along with its derivatives, in the Central American country. Law 242 was sanctioned by President...

By Franca Quarneti via El Planteo Panama's National Legislative Assembly approved a bill legalizing medical cannabis in a unanimous vote of 40 to zero. Thus, the country will become the first in Central America to regulate the medicinal use of cannabis. However, the new regulations...