Discusses the History of Marijuana in Aceh

azirgraff (59)in #history • 7 years ago (edited)

Based on historical reviews, cannabis plants were first discovered in mainland China in 2737 BC. Ancient Chinese society has known and used marijuana in everyday life since the stone age. Chinese people using Marijuana can be used for woven clothes, medicines, and healing therapies such as rheumatic diseases, abdominal pain.

Historically, marijuana was brought to Aceh from India in the late 19th century when the Dutch opened a coffee plantation in the Gayo Highlands. The invaders used marijuana as a natural remedy to avoid the attack of coffee tree pests or caterpillars on tobacco plants. Although the Dutch took him to the highlands of Aceh, but according to the facts, the plant does not mean entirely derived from his country. Could be this plant is collected from other Asian mainland. Among the young people of the archipelago, more familiar marijuana is called bakong ijo, gelek, cimeng or rasta. While other cool designations are tampee, pot, weed, dope.

After many years and growing in almost all of #Aceh, marijuana began to be consumed, mainly used as 'good cigarettes', which was slowly mentradisi in Aceh. Even if there is a dish, it is considered not perfect if the marinade is not mixed with cannabis seeds. This tradition is difficult to remove or eradicate.

Problem marijuana, certainly not missed Aceh. But the claim can not necessarily be greeted negatively, because it is true. There is even a claim that this 1001 rencong land is also known as the largest marijuana producer in Southeast Asia after Thailand. Almost every inch of Aceh is decorated with marijuana plants. Inevitably, the Aceh issue as a producer of this magic plant has even been worldwide. To the 49th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs on 13-17 March 2006 in Vienna Austria, was also discussed about this phenomenon. It is said again the international community's assumption that Aceh already has a trade mark as the largest 'cannabis' as well as top-quality cannabis suppliers.

The proliferation of marijuana plants in #Aceh is strongly supported by geographical conditions, fertile soils, regular rain, and mountainous positions with relatively stable climates, plus isolation due to conflicts since Dutch times, DI-TII until the era of GAM. Well, people in remote areas are threatened by hunger and poverty due to the conflict. Residents took the initiative to grow marijuana to survive.

Almost no Acehnese who never tasted it, there are those who enjoy it via the delicious cigarettes, spices, dodol, coffee mixture, to be processed into various other foods, the rest sold out of #Aceh.

Why is marijuana prohibited? This is what the public should understand. Though various campaigns have been done, even the government itself has issued a law on the prohibition of the production process, distribution until the stage of consumption of marijuana.

Law no. 22 1997 about narcotics classifying marijuana; Seeds, fruit, straw, processed or hemp plant parts including marijuana resin and the results as a class I drug which means a class with opium and cocaine.

Article 82 paragraph 1 point a of the Act stipulates that importing, exporting, offering for sale, distributing, selling, buying, handing, receiving, intermediary in buying and selling or exchanging narcotics of Group I, shall be subject to capital punishment or life imprisonment, Or a maximum imprisonment of twenty years and a maximum fine of one billion rupiah.

In #Aceh, it was sold freely in the market, hung on kiosks, in vegetable vendors' carts. Cannabis began to be banned when Hoegeng became head of Dutch Colonial government for the archipelago. He wanted to know the cause of Acehnese youth lazing who considered to harm the economy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Then he disguised himself, went to the villages and found the answer: for smoking marijuana.

Abroad, marijuana is divided into two parts, namely marijuana for industrial and medical purposes ie Hemp type hemp, and illegal marijuana is often called Cannabis. While in Indonesia do not recognize this difference, as stated in Law Number 22 Year 1997 mentioned that marijuana is included as a narcotic only.

One of the reasons why marijuana is a forbidden plant is due to THC substances. This substance can cause the user to be intoxicated momentarily if wrong use. Actually levels of THC substances present in cannabis plants can be controlled for their quality and levels if cannabis is managed and monitored with the correct process.