Possession of 20g to less than 50g of cannabis is punishable with imprisonment of two to five years, and whipping.
Ketum is regulated under the Third Schedule of the Poisons Act that regulates drugs and medicines.
But Sativex — an oromucosal spray of a formulated cannabis extract with cannabidiol as well as THC, the psychoactive chemical component in cannabis — was taken off the Malaysian market three years later as it was not commercially viable.
This means Malaysia currently has no registered marijuana-based treatment.