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| Abdul Karim (second right) talks to an inmate at CRCC as Khalid (right) looks on. |
KUCHING: Enforcement agencies should focus on bringing down drug kingpins selling their drugs to teenagers as they inflict damage on future generations of society.
Pointing this out, Youth Development Assistant Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said enforcement agencies should not be solely blamed for failing to stem drug abuse among youths.
“Parents, teachers, schools and the community should take part of this blame since the problem of youths is a problem for all,” Abdul Karim said when speaking at the Cure & Care Rehabilitation Centre (CRCC) Kuching Pre-Christmas celebration at the centre yesterday.
According to him, young drug addicts prefer synthetic drugs to the more potent drugs like morphine, heroin and opium which are declining in popularity.
“These synthetic drugs are more difficult to detect as they take the form of small tablets or pills that resemble prescription drugs,” he said.
He revealed that the number of registered inmates at CRCC statewide had dropped this year.
“A total of 862 CRCC inmates were registered in 2014, falling to 594 this year but we believe there are still many undetected drug users out there,” he said.
