BUTTERWORTH: The banned daun ketum drink, which is normally sold in rural areas, has been mass-produced and distributed interstate. Two men were caught with 300 packets of the drink in their car ...

Putrajaya tabled an amendment to the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 in the Dewan Rakyat today which included classifying ketum leaves (daun ketum) as a dangerous drug, Bernama reported. The proposed ...

Khairy Jamaluddin says a ‘ketum board’ can regulate the cultivation of the plant and ensure it is only for exports.

The Malaysian Substance Abuse Council (Masac) yesterday urged the government to gazette ketum as a drug under the Dangerous Drugs Act before the end of the year. Its secretary-general Raja Azizan ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Police have seized 206.2kg of daun ketum juice and leaves with the arrest of a man at a plant nursery in Batu 5 Jinjang Utara.

Ketum has the potential of replacing the current drug substitution therapy, which uses methadone to treat opioid abusers. Methadone, said Rusdi, came with a host of side effects, such as chronic ...

PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Malaysia's Cabinet has no objections to the growing of hemp and ketum for medical purposes, said the country's deputy Communications and Multimedia ...

Medical experts are contending that studies have shown ketum, a tropical tree whose leaves have been used as a therapeutic agent, is not harmful to users. Universiti Malaya Specialist Centre's ...

He also said the Poisons Act 1952 should be amended to control ketum with heavier penalties for abuse and addiction of ketum leaves. On March 16, Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor ...

KUALA LUMPUR: A group of nine Malaysian Members of Parliament (MPs) have agreed to form a special committee to study the medical uses of cannabis and the local ketum plant. The bipartisan caucus ...