Jakarta, May 6 -- The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) will conduct research on the medical use of cannabis in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN).

Head of the BNN, Commissioner General of Police Marthinus Hukom, said that the research is a Constitutional obligation of the BNN in the wake of the Constitutional Court's recent ruling asking the government to review the use of cannabis for medical purposes.

"We need time to conduct research because the legalization of cannabis for medical purposes remains an issue (that needs to be discussed), so we will need more accurate results from research," he said at a meeting with Commission III of the House of Representatives (DPR) here on ...