I am as a collector of Acehnese manuscripts, really often for being interviewees by local fellow Journalists in Aceh and in the National about the problem of Marijuana (Cannabis sativa syn. Cannabis indica) plants that thrives in Aceh until now, is the plant that is prohibited by the Government now not in the manuscript?
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Traces of recording Aceh when the kingdom era hundred years ago and until now, this Music plant is very often to be an interesting topic that attracts the attention of all peoples. where, this plant is already officially prohibited by the Government of Indonesia through Law No. 22 of 1997 on Narcotics that include marijuana in the category of narcotics class I, however, cases of marijuana is still widely found among the societies, so that the growers and users of marijuana are threatened with various punishment levels applicable in the law of the Republic of Indonesia.
Manuscript Tajjul Muluk 18th century, Private collection
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The fact is marijuana are documented in manuscripts, this manuscript itself is the result of the 18th century heritage record, which in this era is still within the framework of his own Kingdom.
The existence of marijuana in a manuscript called Tajjul Muluk, it is explained as a halal matter positively for humans, where its the varieties benefits of cannabis leaves both for medicine and as a seasoning flavoring food, therefore marijuana is very good for diabetics, as wound drugs and can fluenting the flow of blood, and as a cure for someone who is suffered gout, whereas as a spice, marijuana can maintain the endurance of meat does not become stale, and meat can be very tender and really delicious because of it.
Different times in the allotment of marijuana, because there is no medicine and other ingredients in the past, but today that science is very high, many drugs and cooking ingredients that are available, moreover our government has forbidden this narcotic crop.
Our ancestors used marijuana as a positive thing, because there is no high technology in the past. That time is different with this globalization era. Many people nowadays use cannabis as a main ingredient to an addiction and drunken habit, and can damage themselves slowly.
Consequently, the assessment of this plant is still thriving in Aceh, it could be thought positively by the Government, whether this marijuana is for raw materials of drugs and processed into raw materials of medicine or any drugs that useful for needed peoples. so, for the illegal farmers this cannabis can be thought for them and find solutions, make they are no longer planting this narcotic crop.
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