SHAH ALAM, March 25 -- A Selangor executive councillor (exco) said an assemblyman's bid for the state to commercially cultivate medical marijuana (ganja) was overambitious as Malaysians were not known to safely handle dangerous items.

Paya Jaras assemblyman Mohd Khairuddin Othman who chairs the youth development, sports and human capital development committee used fireworks injuries as an example of how locals were "overcreative" for legalised ganja here.

"When someone gives them fireworks to play with for Hari Raya, they make cannons until they lose their fingers," Mohd Khairuddin said in his winding-up speech at the end of debate on the Sultan's address.

"Instead of suggesting for a ganja planting programme, I am more than happy if t...