PETALING JAYA: Malaysia will not change its stance on cannabis and cannabis resin as the two substances are still considered harmful to society, says Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
Published on: Friday, February 19, 2021
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Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the government would maintain its status on cannabis and related drugs as they bring harm to the community. - Bernama pic
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia will not legalise cannabis, despite the reclassification of the substance by the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs.
Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin
(pic) Yassin said the government would maintain its status on cannabis and related drugs as they bring harm to the community.
“Recently, the 63rd Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, Austria, had voted to drop cannabis and cannabis resin from its Schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.
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PETALING JAYA: Malaysia will not change its control status of cannabis and cannabis resin, as the substances are still considered harmful to society, says Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
Muhyiddin said although the 63rd United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Austria recently had decided to drop the two substances from Schedule IV of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961 (1961 Convention), it does not change Malaysia’s control status of the two drugs.
“On behalf of the government, I would like to stress that we would not change the control status of cannabis and all drugs related as classified under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, as it brings a lot of harm to society.