Baru-baru ini, lebih tepat sehari sebelum negara menyambut Hari Kemerdekaan pada 31 Ogos lalu, seorang graduan, Muhammad Lukman Mohamad yang berusia 29 tahun telah dijatuhkan hukuman gantung sampai mati.

Ini kerana dia didapati bersalah kerana memiliki, memproses, dan mengedar dadah jenis ganja yang telah diolah dalam bentuk cecair (minyak). Sebanyak dua kilogram HAMPAS ganja kering bersama 260g ganja mampat telah dijumpai di dalam kediamannya.

Dia sebenarnya ditangkap bersama isterinya yang hamil lima bulan waktu itu tetapi isterinya itu dibebaskan kerana didapati tidak bersalah.

Lukman sebenarnya telah memproses ganja-ganja tersebut untuk dijadikan minyak bagi tujuan perubatan, malah sehingga tarikh ditangkap, beliau telah memberi rawatan alternatif ini kepada tidak kurang daripada 800 orang. 

Bagi kita yang tak pernah terdedah dalam dunia ganja ini, kita anggap ia satu topik yang taboo tetapi dalam sedar tak sedar, sebenarnya ganja kini semakin diterima di banyak negara di dunia sebagai salah satu tumbuhan yang mempunyai khasiat dan kelebihan khususnya dalam merawat pelbagai penyakit kronik.

https://www.thestar.com.my/opinion/columnists/watching-the-world/2018/09/09/all-up-in-smoke-throughout-the-developed-world-countries-are-liberalising-marijuana-laws-but-the-mes/ertakan petikan rencana daripada Editor akhbar The Star semalam yang turut membincangkan mengenai kes Lukman;

"A 29-year-old father of one, Md Lukman was sentenced to hang for possessing, processing and distributing cannabis oil. He provided this item to patients who were suffering from ailments that marijuana and its active ingredient tetrahydrocannibol are associated with treating."

Menurut Samantha peguam yang membantu dalam kes ini, ganja bukanlah sejenis dadah 'ganas' seperti mana mereka yang mengambil kokain atau heroin.

“ Every time I go for international conferences and tell others that in Malaysia you can be hanged for possession of 200g of marijuana, those in the outside world are shocked. We are wasting money, clogging up the justice system and over-crowding our prisons. Now around 59% of cases in the prison are those who commit non-violent drug-related offences. The truth is that cannabis should not be treated on the same level as hard drugs such as heroin or cocaine.

“ With marijuana the chances of addiction are very minimal, but somehow it is categorised along with heroin and methampethamine. This needs to be reviewed, especially considering the traditional use of cannabis for medicinal value,” says Samantha  

Yang jadi masalah, kita salah guna benda-benda ni untuk keseronokan hingga hancur institusi kekeluargaan dan sebagainya.

Pun begitu, jangan kerana itu, kita 'pukul rambang' hingga semua yang mengambil dadah kita anggap penagih.

Kalau kita boleh ubah dan pinda tuduhan kepada kepala gangster dan samseng, apasalahnya kita ada sedikit 'keberanian' untuk melihat kembali undang-undang lapuk mengenai dadah.

Sudah tiba masanya kita mengkaji semula definisi siapa sebenarnya pengedar, siapa sebenarnya penagih dan siapa sebenarnya pesakit yang memerlukan dadah jenis Cannabis untuk rawatannya.

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Recently, just a day before the country celebrated Independence Day on Aug 31, a 29-year-old graduate of Muhammad Lukman Mohamad was sentenced to death. This is because he was found guilty of having, processing, and distributing marijuana types that have been processed in the form of liquid (oil). A total of two kilograms of dried dregs marijuana with 260g of cannabis was found in his home. He was actually arrested with his five-month pregnant wife but his wife was released for innocence.

Lukman had actually processed the marijuana to be used for medical purposes, even until the date of arrest, he had given this alternative treatment to not less than 800 people. For those of us who have never been exposed to this marijuana, we consider it a taboo topic but in conscious unconsciousness, actually marijuana is now increasingly accepted in many countries of the world as one of the herbs that has the nourishment and advantages especially in treating various chronic diseases. 

https://www.thestar.com.my/opinion/columnists/watching-the-world/2018/09/09/all-up-in-smoke-throughout-the-developed-world-countries-are-liberalising-marijuana-laws-but-the-mes/ertakan quote from the Editor of The Star newspaper yesterday who also discussed the case of Lukman; "A 29-year-old father of one, Md Lukman was sentenced to hang for possessing, processing and distributing cannabis oil. He provided this item to patients who were suffering from ailments that marijuana and its active ingredient tetrahydrocannibol are associated with treating."

According to Samantha a lawyer who helping in this case, marijuana is not a 'vicious' drug like those taking cocaine or heroin.

"Every time I go for international conferences and tell others that in Malaysia you can be hanged for possession of 200g of marijuana, those in the outside world are shocked. We are wasting money, clogging up the justice system and over-crowding our prisons. Now around 59% of cases in the prison are those who commit non-violent drug-related offenses. The truth is that cannabis should not be treated on the same level as hard drugs such as heroin or cocaine. "With marijuana the chances of addiction are very minimal, but somehow it is categorized along with heroin and methampethamine. This needs to be reviewed, especially considering the traditional use of cannabis for medicinal value, "says Samantha

The problem is, we misuse these things for fun to be destroyed by family institutions and so on.

Now that we are able to change the rules about gangsterism, why not we take a brave move to look into this obsolete laws on drugs. 

It is time for us to review the definition of who is actually a distributor, who is actually a drug addict and who is actually a patient who needs a Cannabis drug for treatment.

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