TANGERANG - The South Tangerang City Government (Pemkot) prioritizes public health conditions. However, the policies that can be taken by the local municipal government still refer to the central government. Regarding the use of marijuana for medical purposes, the South Tangerang City Government is waiting for a central direction.
"Any decision from the central government must have gone through a study, especially since the Ministry of Health confirmed the study of substances or materials used as drugs," said Deputy Mayor of South Tangerang City, Pilar Saga Ichsan when confirmed, Friday, June 31.
Pilar admitted that he knew information from a mother who asked to legalize marijuana for medical purposes at Car Free Day Jakarta from social media. But he couldn't do much, because the South Tangerang City Government could only implement it after the decision from Pempus.
"I see in the media there are parents who ask their children to be given medical marijuana," he said.
"If marijuana is indeed studied and then legalized by law, we will only obtain it if it has been ratified by the central government," he added.
On the other hand, Pilar admitted that his party will fully encourage all decisions made by the central government, especially public health issues.
"What is important is public health, there is a solution," he concluded
For information, Vice President Ma'ruf Amin responded to a mother's request to the government to legalize marijuana for the medical needs of her child with Cerebral Palsy. He then asked the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) to issue a fatwa to regulate the use of medical marijuana.
Ma'ruf said that the MUI had issued a ruling that marijuana was banned because it was the root of the problem. Even in the Koran is also regulated about the prohibition.
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