Accepting Public Aspirations, DPR Coordinates Classification Of Medical Marijuana To BNN And Ministry Of Health

Sufmi Dasco Ahmad at the Indonesian House of Representatives (Nailin In Saroh/VOI)

JAKARTA - The leadership of the Indonesian House of Representatives highlighted the aspirations of the people regarding the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Sufmi Dasco Ahmad said his party would immediately review and consider the legality of using marijuana for treatment.

"Indeed, the public's demand for medical marijuana is quite large lately, especially referring to the outside world who have used marijuana for treatment," said Dasco at the Parliament Complex, Jakarta, Tuesday, June 28.

Dasco said the DPR will coordinate with the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) and the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) to classify the types of marijuana that can be used for medical purposes.

After that, said Dasco, the DPR will only discuss the legality of medical Ganjar which will be regulated in legislation if it can be used.

"In Indonesia, the law still doesn't allow for that, (so) we need to study it. Then we also need to coordinate with related parties such as BNN, the Ministry of Health. We also don't know what medical marijuana is classified as," explained Dasco.

"If you take the wrong type of marijuana, for example, later it will not be good for treatment but will be detrimental. Therefore, we need a comprehensive study and also need the involvement of all parties to decide whether this medical marijuana can be done in Indonesia or not," he continued.

The daily chairman of the Gerindra DPP emphasized that the leadership of the DPR will instruct Commission IX of the DPR to immediately coordinate with relevant parties to discuss whether or not it is possible to use medical marijuana in Indonesia.

"We will ask the relevant commissions to coordinate with the government to pay attention to the aspirations of the people," said Dasco.