The Constitutional Court ordered the government to examine the medical uses of marijuana.
The Constitutional Court (MK) rejected the judicial review of medical marijuana. The Constitutional Court stated that until now there has been no comprehensive study and research in the country to prove the impact of using marijuana for medicinal purposes.
On that basis, the Constitutional Court rejected a judicial review of Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics related to the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.
Constitutional Court Judge Suhartoyo read out the verdict at the Constitutional Court Building, Central Jakarta, Wednesday (20/7/2022). Judge Suhartoyo stated that a number of phenomena showing patients with certain diseases who were cured by using marijuana, which is a class I narcotic, were still not enough to be used as evidence.
"The court can understand and have a high sense of empathy for the sufferers of the highest disease which can phenomenally be cured by therapy using class I narcotics, but considering that this is not a valid result of scientific study and research," said Judge MK Suhartoyo.
Judge MK Suhartoyo stated that shifting the type and class of marijuana narcotics must be done through a revision of the law. Meanwhile, the process of revising the law cannot be done simply.
"Therefore, to make changes as mentioned above, a very comprehensive policy is needed and goes through important stages that must begin with scientific research and assessment," said Judge MK Suhartoyo.
To adjudicate, reject the petitions of the petitioners in their entirety," said Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court Anwar Usman in the trial, Wednesday (20/7/2022).
The judicial review with case number 106/PUU-XVIII/2020 was proposed by Dwi Pertiwi, Santi Warastuti, Nafiah Murhayanti, the Cemara House Association, the Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR), and the Association of Community Legal Aid Institutes or Community Legal Aid Institutes (LBHM). (antara)
