PETALING JAYA: Amendments to the offences and penalties for the abuse of ketum leaves are being finalised, said the Health Ministry’s Pharmaceutical Services Division.
A spokesman for the division said the proposed amendments to the Poisons Act 1952 (revised 1989) included categorising ketum as a psychoactive plant that contains psychotropic ingredients, under a new schedule.
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