KJ delivers breakthrough news - medical marijuana products permissible

Products containing cannabis used for medicinal purposes can be imported and used in Malaysia if the product is in compliance with the requirements of the law, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

He added that the existing acts that regulate cannabis in Malaysia are the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, Poisons Act 1952 and the Sale of Drugs Act 1952 which do not prohibit the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes.

Khairy (above) said this in a written parliamentary reply to Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman who had asked his ministry to clarify...