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Indonesian Children Are Victims of Lucrative Narcotics Market

June 27, 2020, 07.31 PM

The finding was in line with data indicating 92.6 percent of drug users gained their first access to drugs from their friends. 80 percent of those drug users received it for free.

Read also: Indonesian Court Metes Out Prison Sentence to Medical Marijuana User

The data for children showed 40.5 percent of children tried drugs for the first time out of curiosity.

Around 35.2 percent of the children surveyed said it was the result of a friend’s suggestion.

“The increase in the number of children and teenage drug users should ring alarm bells to all parents,” said Lenny. 

(Writer: Deti Mega Purnamasari | Editor: Icha Rastika) 

Source: https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2020/06/26/17153071/kemen-pppa-anak-anak-masih-jadi-target-pasar-narkoba

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