{"id":38939,"date":"2025-07-02T11:19:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T11:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/?p=38939"},"modified":"2026-03-27T08:54:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T12:54:43","slug":"jared-shaw-could-face-the-death-penalty-for-edibles-in-indonesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/jared-shaw-could-face-the-death-penalty-for-edibles-in-indonesia\/","title":{"rendered":"Jared Shaw Could Face the Death Penalty for Edibles in Indonesia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jared Shaw, a former Oklahoma State University basketball player, has been arrested for cannabis possession in Indonesia. The country\u2019s strict anti-drug laws mean he could be facing the death penalty.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shaw is from Dallas, Texas. He attended Dallas ISD\u2019s Carter High School, where he was District 11- 4A\u2019s Defensive Player of the Year in his senior season. Following graduation, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/utahstateaggies.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/jarred-shaw\/94\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he attended Utah State<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and then Oklahoma State University, where he was a starting center.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2022, Shaw moved to Indonesia, playing for several teams in the Indonesian Basketball League. Last year, he signed a contract with the Tangerang Hawks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On May 7, 2025, police raided the 34-year-old\u2019s apartment just outside of Jakarta, seizing 132 pieces of cannabis candy that Shaw said he had planned to share with his teammates. The arrest came after a tip from Jakarta\u2019s airport customs warning that Shaw had received a suspicious package from Thailand, where cannabis has been decriminalized since 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A video of Shaw\u2019s arrest circulating online shows the player resisting arrest and shouting \u201cHelp\u2026 Help!\u201d as police attempt to handcuff him. If convicted under the country\u2019s strong anti-drug laws, Shaw could face life in prison or the death penalty.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The candies, which contained 30.6 ounces of illegal cannabidiol, qualify Shaw as a drug smuggler under the country\u2019s laws. The UN\u2019s Office on Drugs and Crime told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/dallas-basketball-jarred-shaw-indonesia-drug-smuggling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CBS News<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that Indonesia is a major drug smuggling hub, despite having some of the strictest drug laws in the world, because international drug syndicates target its young population.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, the outlet says there are 530 people, including 96 foreigners, on death row in Indonesia, largely for drug-related crimes. Indonesia\u2019s last executions were carried out in 2016.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;We are still running the investigation to uncover the international drug network behind this case and to stop its distribution,&#8221; Soekarno-Hatta Airport police chief Ronald Sipayung said in a statement to the press.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38952\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38952\" style=\"width: 873px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38952\" src=\"https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/On3-1-300x157.jpeg\" alt=\"Jared Shaw\" width=\"873\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/On3-1-300x157.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/On3-1-768x403.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/On3-1.jpeg 795w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 873px) 100vw, 873px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38952\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: On3.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>The Impact of Strong Drug Laws\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How countries should respond to drug use and commercialization is a perennial question. The current approach of many places, from the U.S. to Indonesia, is to crack down harshly on those who use, distribute, or promote drug use. The root belief is that strong punishments will deter consumption, thereby lowering crime rates and addiction statistics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, many <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pew.org\/en\/research-and-analysis\/issue-briefs\/2018\/03\/more-imprisonment-does-not-reduce-state-drug-problems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">studies have shown<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that there is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vera.org\/publications\/for-the-record-public-health-justice-system-responses-opioid-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">no clear link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> between tougher drug laws and decreased drug use.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. researchers found that longer, more punitive sentences failed to reduce self-reported illegal drug use, overdose deaths, or drug-related arrests. These harsher penalties also did not lower recidivism rates. Instead, they increased state spending and placed a heavier tax burden on citizens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead, groups like the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pew.org\/en\/research-and-analysis\/issue-briefs\/2018\/03\/more-imprisonment-does-not-reduce-state-drug-problems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pew Research Center<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> suggest \u201ca combination of law enforcement to curtail trafficking and prevent the emergence of new markets; alternative sentencing to divert nonviolent drug offenders from costly imprisonment; treatment to reduce dependency and recidivism; and prevention efforts that can identify individuals at high risk for substance use disorders\u201d as ways to address the issues created by illegal drugs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The True Impacts of Cannabis Use<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38950\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38950\" style=\"width: 872px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38950\" src=\"https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/News-on-6-1-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"Jared Shaw\" width=\"872\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/News-on-6-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/News-on-6-1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/News-on-6-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/News-on-6-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 872px) 100vw, 872px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: News on 6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/teams\/mental-health-and-substance-use\/alcohol-drugs-and-addictive-behaviours\/drugs-psychoactive\/cannabis#:~:text=Cannabis%20is%20by%20far%20the%20most%20widely%20cultivated%2C%20trafficked%20and%20abused%20illicit%20drug.%20Half%20of%20all%20drug%20seizures%20worldwide%20are%20cannabis%20seizures.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UN<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, cannabis is, by far, the most widely cultivated, trafficked, and abused illicit drug, accounting for half of all drug seizures worldwide. About 147 million people, or 2.5% of the world\u2019s population, consume cannabis each year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While those numbers may sound incredibly high, they pale in comparison to the number of people who consume alcohol each year (2.3 billion people according to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/21-09-2018-harmful-use-of-alcohol-kills-more-than-3-million-people-each-year--most-of-them-men#:~:text=An%20estimated%202.3%20billion%20people,Europe%20and%20the%20Western%20Pacific.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UN<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to legalization issues, cannabis and its effects have been studied less frequently than alcohol; even so, most scientists agree that cannabis has fewer negative side effects.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is believed that only about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC2797098\/#:~:text=Marijuana%20produces%20dependence%20less%20readily,of%20those%20who%20try%20heroin.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9% of all cannabis users<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will develop a marijuana addiction. That\u2019s 13.23 million people based on the UN\u2019s statistics. Meanwhile, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/alcohol#:~:text=An%20estimated%20400%20million%20people%2C%20or%207%25%20of%20the%20world%E2%80%99s%20population%20aged%2015%20years%20and%20older%2C%20lived%20with%20alcohol%20use%20disorders.%20Of%20this%2C%20209%20million%20people%20(3.7%25%20of%20the%20adult%20world%20population)%20lived%20with%20alcohol%20dependence.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the UN reports<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that 400 million people currently live with alcohol use disorders, and 209 million people are dependent on alcohol.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to lower dependence rates, cannabis is easier on your body, in that it&#8217;s more <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/which-states-offer-medical-cannabis-for-mental-health-conditions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gentle on your liver<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/how-does-cannabis-affect-the-brain\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">better for your brain<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/topics\/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science\/cannabis-induced-psychosis\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">less likely<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/emedicine.medscape.com\/article\/289848-overview#a6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to induce psychosis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and able to help relieve a variety of conditions from anxiety to seizures. It also has not been linked as closely to things like aggravated assaults (about 27% of aggravated assaults are committed by individuals who have consumed alcohol, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alcoholhelp.com\/alcohol\/crimes\/#:~:text=Alcohol%20plays%20a%20large%20role,the%20rise%20throughout%20the%20country.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">according to one source<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) or other antisocial behaviors as alcohol has.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/illegal-medical-cannabis-uk-patients\/\">Why Hundreds of UK Patients are Buying their Medical Cannabis Illegally<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Advocating for Alternatives\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Given these two factors\u2014 that stronger drug laws have seemingly no effect on drug use, and that cannabis is less harmful than alcohol, a legal substance in almost every country\u2014 Jared Shaw\u2019s potential death sentence for edible possession seems wildly out of proportion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cannabis advocates everywhere should take issue with Shaw\u2019s situation and should use this moment to not only campaign for a reduced punishment for him but for marijuana users around the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What we need is a complete overhaul of the way cannabis is looked at and treated by the world\u2019s governments. While yes, we agree that there should be age restrictions and other safety laws governing the sale and use of cannabis, current legislations do more harm to our communities than good.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not only are Black people, like Shaw, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/the-war-on-marijuana-in-black-and-white#:~:text=Nationwide%2C%20the%20arrest%20data%20revealed,to%20be%20arrested%20for%20marijuana.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3.73 times more likely<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to be arrested for possession and use of marijuana than their white counterparts, which leads to increased racial disparity, but stricter laws <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC1121996\/#:~:text=Consequently%2C%20current%20cannabis%20policies%20are,from%20their%20source%20of%20cannabis.&amp;text=Allocating%20police%20to%20enforce%20the,and%20linked%20to%20drug%20prohibition.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have been proven<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to increase access to other, more harmful illegal drugs and escalate criminal activity through black markets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We believe that decriminalizing and legalizing cannabis can lead to increased consumer safety, better racial equity, and better protections for individuals looking for things like housing, employment, and medical care. Cannabis use and possession should not be grounds for the loss of a job\u2014 Shaw has been fired from the Tangerang Hawks and banned from the Indonesian Basketball League for life\u2014 or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/law\/2024\/nov\/09\/uk-children-taken-away-from-parents-due-to-misreporting-of-drug-tests-say-experts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">custody of a child<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even people who don\u2019t use cannabis regularly would struggle to justify someone losing their life over possessing a few THC-infused candies meant for adults\u2014especially after learning the realities of cannabis use and the harm caused by harsh cannabis laws.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jared Shaw, a former Oklahoma State University basketball player, has been arrested for cannabis possession in Indonesia. The country\u2019s strict anti-drug laws mean he could be facing the death penalty.\u00a0 Shaw is from Dallas, Texas. He attended Dallas ISD\u2019s Carter High School, where he was District 11- 4A\u2019s Defensive Player of the Year in his&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":38948,"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[255],"tags":[3140,12943,1848,18053,18055,18052,18051,14084,18054,206],"class_list":["post-38939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cannabis-advocacy","tag-cannabis-edibles","tag-cannabis-laws","tag-death-penalty","tag-global-drug-laws","tag-indonesia-drug-policy","tag-jared-shaw","tag-marijuana-legalization","tag-racial-justice","tag-thc"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v26.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jared Shaw Case: Cannabis Edibles and Death Penalty<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jared Shaw may face the death penalty in Indonesia for cannabis edibles. 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