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77264
Thu, 08/27/2009 - 16:33
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INDONESIA HAS 3.6 MILLION DRUG ADDICTS
Jambi, Indonesia, Aug. 27 (ANTARA) - Indonesia currently has a total of 3.6 million drug addicts, according to RA Kadarmanta, an official of the National Illicit Drug Agency (BNN).
However, according to experts' observations, the figure was only ten percent of the actual number, he said here on Wednesday.
That was only the tip of the ice berg of the illicit drug crimes occurring in the country, he said.
BNN has three commitments in fighting the illicit drug crimes, namely to preparing the public to say 'no' to illicit drugs, to rehabilitating the drug addicts, and the third is to eradicating drug trafficking networks, he said.
Indonesia wanted to be free of drug abuse by 2015, by establishing anti-illicit drug agencies in every city and district throughout the country, he explained.
ASEAN member countries, which include Indonesia, have declared their wish to make the region illicit drug free by 2015, he added.
Meanwhile, Jambi Governor Zulkifli Nurdin expressed his concerned about the increased drug trafficking crimes among youths lately.
Indonesia, which had been earlier considered a transit country, has turned into a producing country of illicit drugs, he said.
Drug addicts have included elementary school children even in rural areas, he said.
The governor emphasized that fight against illicit drug crimes was not only the responsibility of the government, but also the whole society. ***
However, according to experts' observations, the figure was only ten percent of the actual number, he said here on Wednesday.
That was only the tip of the ice berg of the illicit drug crimes occurring in the country, he said.
BNN has three commitments in fighting the illicit drug crimes, namely to preparing the public to say 'no' to illicit drugs, to rehabilitating the drug addicts, and the third is to eradicating drug trafficking networks, he said.
Indonesia wanted to be free of drug abuse by 2015, by establishing anti-illicit drug agencies in every city and district throughout the country, he explained.
ASEAN member countries, which include Indonesia, have declared their wish to make the region illicit drug free by 2015, he added.
Meanwhile, Jambi Governor Zulkifli Nurdin expressed his concerned about the increased drug trafficking crimes among youths lately.
Indonesia, which had been earlier considered a transit country, has turned into a producing country of illicit drugs, he said.
Drug addicts have included elementary school children even in rural areas, he said.
The governor emphasized that fight against illicit drug crimes was not only the responsibility of the government, but also the whole society. ***
