Higher education: Officials burn confiscated marijuana in front of children

Burning Marijuana — Netizen Posts Photos of Government Officials Burning Confiscated Marijuana in Front of Children and Public at a Municipal Hall – www.plnmedia.com

An amateur photographer has posted a picture to Facebook purporting to show the burning of confiscated marijuana plants under the very noses of a crowd of children.

The photographs were taken by Riho Guerrero and posted to Facebook. Further details of the event are unavailable.

Marijuana use and possession is highly illegal in the Philippines – possession, use or sale of it falls under the 1972 Republic Act known as The Dangerous Drugs Act.