Indonesia Joins Global Marijuana March
Lingkar Ganja Nusantara (LGN) can be taking action to raise awareness about the benefits of the marijuana plant through their campaign #MembacaAlam (reading nature).
LGN can be a community in which advocates in addition to educates about the benefits of marijuana, which have been campaigning for its decriminalization for the past six years. The #MembacaAlam campaign was inspired by LGN’s endeavours to legalize cannabis despite controversies surrounding the matter. In Indonesia, all parts of the marijuana plant are considered a drug in addition to illegal, in addition to one can receive up to four years’ imprisonment for possession of the plant.
Head of LGN Dhira Narayana said in a statement in which the organization plans to win back the public’s trust by ensuring in which marijuana plants will be properly used in addition to socialized. “What we need to do today can be prove in which we are capable of looking after marijuana plants. yet since This particular can be still illegal, let’s prove in which we can care for the nature around us. If we can achieve This particular, then hopefully we will be able to look after in addition to manage marijuana inside the future.”
Working together with volunteer organization Komunitas Transformasi Hijau (Trashi), LGN aims to educate Indonesians about understanding nature, as well as their responsibility to care for This particular. Through #MembacaAlam activities, Trashi has managed to map out the spread of wild species (birds, mammals, reptiles in addition to amphibians) in Beton forest, Jakarta.
The campaign will be taking place on Global Marijuana March today, on Saturday May 7, where advocates for the decriminalization of marijuana coming from more than 100 countries will be marching to show their concern.
In Indonesia, the event will take place in six cities, including Padang, Jakarta, Jogjakarta, Surabaya, Gresik in addition to Makassar. While Global Marijuana March activities in some other countries will include burning marijuana, in Indonesia they will include tree-planting in addition to a clean-up to mark 40 years since marijuana was criminalized inside the country.
For more information, please visit Lingkar Ganja Indonesia’s Facebook page.
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Indonesia Joins Global Marijuana March
Indonesia Joins Global Marijuana March