The Farming Ministry will revise a 2020 ministerial decree that notes marijuana as a “medical plant” under the ministry’s supervision.
Signed on Feb. 3, the decree consists of marijuana ( Cannabis sativa) as one of 66 medical plants whose production is under the guidance of the ministry’s horticulture directorate general.
The decree went viral on Friday after the Nusantara Cannabis Network (LGN) posted a picture of the document on its Instagram account, @lgn_id.
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The ministry responded that it would revise the decree due to the fact that of Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo’s commitment to “eliminate substance abuse”.
” The decree will be modified quickly, after we coordinate with the National Narcotics Company [BNN], the Health Ministry and the Indonesian Institute of Sciences [LIPI],” the ministry’s vegetable and medicinal plant director, Tommy Nugraha, stated in a declaration on Saturday.
He included that marijuana had actually been noted as a medicinal plant considering that 2006 due to the fact that the ministry wished to assist cannabis farmers shift to growing other crops.
” Cannabis’s inclusion on the medicinal plant list means that it can just be used for research study, as stated in Post 67 of Law No. 13/2020 on horticulture. Presently, we tape no legal cannabis farmers in Indonesia,” Tommy included.
Marijuana is unlawful in Indonesia. The 2009 Narcotics Law includes the plant as a type-1 narcotic, together with opium and drug, indicating it is prohibited for both recreational and medicinal usage.
The country’s strict anti-cannabis enforcement has resulted in the arrests of several people, consisting of Reyndhart Siahaan in East Nusa Tenggara. He was jailed for apparently using cannabis, which he said eased the discomfort caused by a spine disease. The court later on declared him guilty and sentenced him to 10 months ' imprisonment.
Numerous studies have actually shown the effectiveness of cannabidiol (CBD), among the plant’s active ingredients, as a medication. Peter Grinspoon of Harvard Medical School composed that CBD could be utilized to deal with pain, epilepsy, seizures, stress and anxiety and sleeping disorders.
The LGN has actually been promoting a modification of the Narcotics Law and the legalization of marijuana for medical usage because 2010.
