JAKARTA - Indonesian lawmakers will discuss a plan to legalise marijuana for medicinal purposes, after a mother's plea for the treatment for her child spread widely online.
Legislators will study the plan with the health ministry, Parliament's Deputy Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad said in a statement on Tuesday . Any changes would be done by revising the narcotics law, which bans the use of cannabis except for certain research purposes, he added. Ms Santi Warastuti went viral for joining Jakarta's crowded car-free day on Sunday while carrying a placard that said"Help, my child needs medical marijuana".
Her child has cerebral palsy. Mr Dasco met Ms Warastuti in Jakarta on Tuesday, and vowed to raise the issue with legislators who are deliberating the law.
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