Sunday, February 26, 2006

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More than 3 million drug users in Indonesia


About 3.2 million people or 1.5 percent of Indonesia's total population are drug users, Indonesian Police chief Gen. Sutanto said.

Of the drug users, 56 percent are drug addicts using hypodermic needles and the number of drug abuse cases tends to increase every year, he said at the coordination meeting of the National Narcotics Board (BNN) in Jakarta on February 22.

The number of drug trafficking and abuse cases rose to 15,000 in 2005 from 3,600 in 2001, he said. Over the period the number of suspects in drug trafficking and abuse cases also rose to 20,000 in 2005 from 5,000 in 2001, he added.

According to the BNN, on average 15,000 people in the country died of drug abuse per year.

The Indonesian government has imposed tough punishments, including death sentences for drug traffickers, in order to deter drug use.--Enditem

source: http://www.vnagency.com.vn/NewsA.asp?
LANGUAGE_ID=2&CATEGORY_ID=33&NEWS_ID=187731

2 Comments:

Blogger Lembayung Malak said...

bener banget! tragis emang... Aku juga sempet browsing data itu dan aku SHOCK! Oya, aku browsing data itu untuk buat film tentang SAY NO TO DRUGS juga, lho.. MENGERIKAN...

5:35 PM  
Blogger Oma Nia said...

Iya, andhika! aku bersukur ngga pernah terlibat gitu2an. doain sodara2 kita, ya, bro!

10:32 PM  

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