Two caught growing cannabis in backyard,Malaysia

[Frazz]

KUCHING: Two labourers were arrested on Monday for cultivating cannabis plants in their backyards.

 

Acting on a tip off, narcotics police raided a house in Semariang Baru here at 10.40am, arresting a 28-year-old man and seizing a cannabis plant measuring 168cm tall.

 

In a follow-up operation the same afternoon, police went to a nearby house and arrested a 22-year-old man. Two cannabis plants, 154cm and 180cm tall, were seized from his backyard.

 

State narcotics chief Supt Moses Agat said the two men, believed to be friends, tested positive for drugs.

 

"We believe the plants were cultivated for their personal consumption," he told reporters after the handover of duty from outgoing state Commissioner of Police Dep Comm Datuk Talib Jamal here Wednesday.

 

Supt Moses said the men would be charged under Section 6B of the Dangerous Drugs Act for cultivation of cannabis plants, an offence punishable with life imprisonment and six strokes of the rotan upon conviction.

 

They will also be charged for consuming drugs under Section 15(1)(a) of the same act, which carries a RM5,000 fine or two year's imprisonment or both upon conviction.

 

Author: SHARON LING

Date: 12 Sept. '07

Source: Tha Star Online

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This is just wrong that a government can lock-up two young (22-28) men for the rest of thier lives for growing two plants for thier own personel use , as if thats not enuf they also charge them with consuming the drug for another 2 yrs jail ... thats not justice at all , its a sick perverted society that condones these kind of laws ... yet that ruling party in Malaysia has corrupt goverment ministers ... where is the justice ???

 

[Tarnicus]

Wow that's fucked

 

Edit: Just wanted to add that this country has fucked laws(they just aren't as harsh) and government corruption as well.

Edited September 13, 2007 by Tarnicus

[bufo marinus]

Interesting Frazzle

I believe that prostitution is flourishing well in Malaysia though?

 

What a strange perspective ??

[WantDaChronic]

thats fucking wrong

[DownUnderDoper]

The federal government would like to see us head in the same direction. They will succeed if we don't do something about it.

 

The status quo (prohibition) will remain until enough people make enough noise, the evidence is in, it's time that the general population was made aware of what a waste of time and money and lives prohibition is.

 

Please read this Discussion Paper and then using whatever means you can get the message out.

 

A vote for Prohibition is a vote for Organised Crime!

 

A vote for Prohibition is a vote for More Potent drugs!

 

A vote for Prohibition is a vote for <fill the blank>

 

Drug Law Reform: Beyond Prohibition - Discussion Paper from The Australia Institute

 

Prohibition has failed to significantly reduce illicit drug markets and has caused greater harm to society than it has saved. The evidence shows that a treatment-orientated approach to drug issues would be far more effective in reducing drug-related harm.

 

...

 

 

Drug law reform

The starting point for drug law reform should be cannabis. Experience in Australia and

overseas indicates that lessening penalties for demand-side cannabis offences, or simply

not enforcing them, does not result in a sustained increase in cannabis consumption or

any notable increase in cannabis-related harm. In addition, liberal cannabis regimes

usually cost less to enforce and generate fewer adverse impacts on users and society.

The case for drug law reform in relation to harder drugs is also compelling, yet

governments have been less willing to trial alternatives. This has resulted in a lack of

evidence on the likely consequences of more liberal regimes. However, the available

evidence indicates that liberal reforms are likely to produce significant benefits. These

include reductions in drug-related harm and the economic, social and personal costs

associated with drug law enforcement. At the very least, governments should stop

enforcing demand-side hard drug offences and establish broad diversion programs for

low-level supply offences, particularly where the offences are motivated by a desire to

finance a drug habit.

These pragmatic and evidence-based reforms are unlikely to appeal to the current

Federal Government or to most state and territory governments. The trend is in the

opposition direction; that is to stricter drug laws and law enforcement, tempered by

diversion programs aimed primarily at users. While diversion programs are an

improvement on previous policies, they are no solution to the flaws in prohibition. They

are costly, can be counterproductive and, in so far as they include compulsory or

coerced treatment, are generally unproven.

Governments need to admit the deficiencies of prohibition and pursue the changes that

the evidence shows will produce better outcomes rather than trying to manipulate drug

issues for political purposes.

 

It's time that the politicians were manipulated for OUR political purposes.

[s4l]

I'd like to see this be discussed on Difference of Opinion, although I'm not sure who would be arguing for our side of things as I am not aware of any pro cannabis organisations in Australia, apart from us. If it could get on that show then it would dispel alot of the lies the government has put out regarding it and change people minds who don't have any facts.

 

Edit: Difference Of Opinion website

Edited September 14, 2007 by s4l

[DownUnderDoper]

I'd like to see this be discussed on Difference of Opinion, although I'm not sure who would be arguing for our side of things as I am not aware of any pro cannabis organisations in Australia, apart from us. If it could get on that show then it would dispel alot of the lies the government has put out regarding it and change people minds who don't have any facts.

 

Edit: Difference Of Opinion website

 

I would suggest the author of the report I linked earlier, also as far as cannabis is concerned,

 

The Australian Medical Association,

 

Position statement on Cannabis 2006

...

Cannabis and Legislation

The possession, use, and supply of cannabis is illegal in all states and territories. Each state and

territory has its own civil or criminal penalties for cannabis offences. All jurisdictions have some

capacity for minor and early cannabis offenders to be diverted from the legal system into educative

and/or treatment programs. This means first time offenders are unlikely to receive a criminal record

with the concomitant deleterious health and social impacts 6.

Criminalisation and Health

It is often cited that criminal penalties will act as a deterrent to use. There is no evidence to support

this. In A Public Health Perspective on Cannabis and Other Illegal Drugs,15 the Canadian Medical

Association highlights the profound impact on heath status associated with having a criminal record.

The presence of a criminal record can severely limit employment prospects leading to poor health.

Evidence indicates that strict drug laws in general encourage people to take more potent drugs and to

consume them in unsafe ways. Prohibition also makes users less likely to seek treatment when they

get into difficulty 16. “Prohibition is the cause of a significant proportion of the health costs associated

with illicit drug use and it hinders the achievement of the objective of harm minimisation” (pgviii 16).

Research indicates that the introduction of liberal drug laws may result in a slight increase in

temporary drug use but that it is unlikely to increase, and may even decrease, drug related health

costs

 

Alex Wodak - Director of the Alcohol and Drug Service at St Vincent's Hospital