Social Welfare Minister Salim Segaf al Jufri said that legalizing marijuana might have negative effects on the nation’s youth.
“Personally, I don’t agree [with the idea of legalizing marijuana] because I fear it would be misused,” he said Saturday as quoted by Tempointeraktif.com.
A number of activists had previously demanded the legalization of marijuana and recently held a rally commemorating the Global Marijuana March.
Salim added that it would be difficult to determine whether individuals found in possession of less than one gram of contraband were first-time users or not.
Salim was apparently commenting on the recent statement by Law and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar, who said that there was an effort to revise the law so that those caught with less than one gram of illegal drugs would face rehabilitation treatment rather than prison.
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