Still Pros And Cons But Members Of Parliament From Bali Ask The Government To Legalize Marijuana

I Wayan Sudirta/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - Member of the Indonesian House of Representatives I Wayan Sudirta encourages the government to regulate the use of marijuana for medical treatment in Indonesia. "I personally encourage the government to regulate that marijuana use is not misused," he said at a public hearing meeting (RDPU) at the Parliament Complex, Jakarta, Thursday, June 30. The Working Committee (Panja) of the Draft Law (RUU) on Narcotics held an RDPU with Santi Warastuti, a medical marijuana fighter in Indonesia. The member of Commission III of the DPR stated that his party had agreed to change marijuana as a type of narcotic class I to class II. which can be used for treatment and therapy. He reasoned that the basis was the aspirations and needs of the community on the benefits of cannabis for medical treatment. According to him, the vice president of Indonesia had given the green light for the study of cannabis for medical needs. marijuana as a type of narcotics," he said The PDI-P emphasized that in Indonesia marijuana is still categorized as a type of narcotic, so that any misuse in its use must still be faced with the law. In addition, related to legal norms are dynamic in the sense that they can change at any time according to the aspirations and legal needs of the community. medical marijuana after going through a review and continuing to process the law for marijuana abuse," he asserted. Wayan said the issue of medical marijuana would be one of the main discussions when the bill for amendments on Narcotics which was proposed by the government was entered in the discussion stage with Commission III of the House of Representatives.