Drug Abuse Cases In Malaysia

This article was written by joshua tay a criminal lawyer with amerbon advocates.

Drug abuse cases in malaysia. A total of 131 841 drug addicts have been registered in malaysia between january 2010 and february this year said the home ministry. Drug abuse down in five states. However such cases are on the rise in three other states over the same period with kelantan in the lead. Capital punishment is a legal penalty in malaysia it is a mandatory punishment for murder drug trafficking treason and waging war against yang di pertuan agong the king.

To malaysia media reports which said. The courts are usually swamped with drug cases where people stand trial for committing various drug related offences some of them claiming their involvement was accidental or that they ve been duped. Relapse cases drug addicts who formerly detected and received treatment rehabilitation program with nada per case data refers to those who have one or more offences in the current year. The number of registered drug users is about 250 000 in a 2008 report and is expected to reach half a million by 2015.

New case newly detected drug addicts to receive treatment rehabilitation supervision with nada. In 2018 there were just under 17 5 thousand new cases of drug abusers in malaysia. There was also nothing to suggest that the applicant had acted with undue delay or in abuse of the. Illicit substance use and drug relapse is an issue that continues to plague societies worldwide.

Whilst the per head data refers to only once detected within six 6 years period. There is also a worrying trend of high relapse rate of 50 which has been consistently. Based on the chart georgetown is the highest number of drug abusers in malaysia which is 730 followed by kuala lumpur 669 drug abusers ipoh 280 drug abusers johor bahru 267 drug abusers and alor setar 221 drug abusers. Recently when the law was extended to include acts of terrorism any terrorists and anyone who aids terrorists financially or otherwise is liable to face the death penalty.

Drug abuse is a complex issue and has been a serious public health problem in malaysia. Data showed a consistent drop in drug abuse cases for five states from 2016 to 2018. The survey which polled 700 young people aged between 12 and 29 including more than 200 drug abusers found that a high proportion of cannabis abusers did well in school and only a small. In malaysia dangerous drugs have always been treated as a bane to society.