Here's why and how the PNP burns marijuana that it confiscatesMANILA, Philippines — Under the Duterte administration, even cops have grown fond of blazing it. "For marijuana, we go straight to on-site destruction upon uprooting the plants," Police Lt. Col. Cherrylou Donato, PNP Drug Enforcement Group spokesperson told Philstar.com in Filipino in a phone call, adding that these operating procedures were specific to marijuana. The cultivation, possession, and use of cannabis plants, called "juts" or "damo" in the Philippines, is prohibited under the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. Burning marijuana and other confiscated illegal drugs is not unique to the Philippines, with the practice also being treated as a spectacle by Indonesian authorities. 118-2020, reminded all Regional Trial Courts to “strictly comply” with the requirements on the immediate destruction of illegal drugs confiscated during police operations.

Source: Philippine Star May 25, 2021 07:18 UTC