Peru’s conservative Congress passed a bill to legalize medical cannabis on Thursday, by a 67 to 5 vote legislation that allows cannabis oils to be distributed for medical purposes.

Legalization came as a move to improve the lives of thousands of patients looking to better their quality of life.

“Science is on our side, the regional current is on our side,” said Congressman Alberto de Belaunde.

The bill will become law in 60 days, giving legislators enough time to draft regulations for the production and sale of medical cannabis. Lawmakers want to introduce a confidential registry for patients that allows doctors to diagnose an individual’s illness and recommend a form and dose of medical cannabis afterwards. Through the bill, only people listed on a registry with terminal illnesses or chronic pain will have access to medical cannabis.

The debate over medical cannabis began after the Congress found a drug lab in Lima run by Buscando Esperanza, an organization that produced cannabis oil for medicinal purposes to treat children suffering from epilepsy, cancer and other illnesses. The organization is concerned the legislation does not prioritize the patient’s needs, and pharmacies will not be able to prepare a custom blend of cannabis strains for each child.

“They are authorizing the imports that don’t benefit us because only the wealthy will be able to afford these benefits, as usual,” Dorothy Santiago, one of the founders of the organization, said.

Santiago said Buscando Esperanza will continue to cultivate and prepare cannabis-based medicines like before.

Medical cannabis is already legal in Peru’s neighboring countries like Chile and Columbia, while Uruguay was the first Latin America nation to allow the social use of the drug.