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Buzzkill: Indonesia’s Hardline Belies A Softening of Attitudes Toward Drugs
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A rift is opening among Southeast Asian countries on how it treats its drug users. Thailand legalized medical marijuana. Malaysia is considering decriminalizing the possession of small quantities. But in Indonesia half of all convictions here are for possessing small quantities of drugs. In Philippines 6000 are thought to have died in drug raids. Jakarta-based public defender Ricky Gunawan of LBH Masyarakat (Community Legal Aid Institute) makes the case for why the hardline doesn’t work and why it’s still so popular. We are also joined by Tedjo, a paralegal who was once a drug user himself. He tells us a story about how he chooses legal as his new career pathway and why he's helping others who are on drug cases.
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