The Formulation of Act 35 Year 2009 About Narcotics in Legalizing Medical Marijuana Use in Indonesia

Abstract

He uses of cannabis (cannabis sativa) goes back in time. This was featured in medicine books from China, India, even in mesopotamian times. In these records, cannabis sativa (cannabis sativa) USES not only as a drug but also as a food and ritual agent. In Indonesia, it isa type of illegal narcotic, it is arranged in the appendix to act no. 35 in 2009 on narcotics, it isa class I narcotic that cannot be used for medical purposes. There are even some who use as medical agents to manage their illnesses when not yet legal in Indonesia. The writing used normatif juridical methods for the purpose of providing input to both the government of the republic of Indonesia and the people's representative council on the importance of marijuana as a medical agent. A discussion of this writing found that studies have shown that marijuana medicinal drugs for patients and has shown that such illnesses as alzheimer's disease, cancer, HIV/AIDS, glaucoma, Parkinson disease, hepatitis c and glaucoma, even in the city of ambon, perna USES marijuana asan herbal remedy for some cannabis is already recognized and legal in some countries. For this it needs to be added to a class ii or class iii narcotic in order to be used as a medical agent. This can be a reference to the development and deployment of medical marijuana in Indonesia.