Sarawak has lowest rate of drug addiction relapse in Malaysia
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded the lowest percentage of recidivism or drug addiction relapse in Malaysia at 0.88 percent, and an incarceration rate of 95 prisoners per 100,000 of the population, according to 2022 statistics from the Malaysia Prisons Department. Minister of Women, Early Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said that with a […]
More drug prevention programmes in the offing
KUCHING: The National Anti-Drugs Agency (AADK) is committed to combating drug addiction in the state. It will do this by holding more drug prevention programmes in collaboration with the state government agency and other non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Its director, Iskandar Turkee said in Kuching, the agency had identified Matang as one of the areas that […]
Strategic collaborations vital to combat drug addiction
KUCHING: Strategic collaborations between the National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK), the One Stop Committee (OSC) and other agencies are vital to combat drug addiction in the country, stressed Welfare, Community Welfare, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. Such collaborations would also allow for perspectives from all relevant parties so that the problem […]
