No compromise with those demanding review of law on use of cannabis - AADK

The National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) will not compromise with those demanding a review of the law to allow the use of cannabis in this country.

Its director-general, Datuk Suhaimi Abdullah said studies show that the use of cannabis in the long run can impair the memory thus making the users lazy and anti-social.

"The government has prohibited the cultivation, production, control, possession, importation and exportation of cannabis as set out in Part II of the First Schedule of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952," he said in a statement, here today.

The ASEAN Ministerial Meeting On Drugs last year agreed to adhere to zero tolerance on the use of all types of drugs including cannabis.

The Malaysian government's firm stand will be voiced at the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) On The World Drug Problem in New York, the United States of America, from April 19-21.

Suhaimi reminded the people to stay away from groups demanding the revision of the law on the use of cannabis and to avoid falling into the drug addiction trap.

Recently, several individuals and groups made misleading statements about cannabis and urged the government to review the law to legalise the use of cannabis in Malaysia.