Pubdate: Sun, 24 Aug 2003
Source: Star, The (Malaysia)
Copyright: 2003 Star Publications (Malaysia) Bhd.
Contact:  http://www.thestar.com.my
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DRUG ADDICTS HEAD FOR FASTER 'HIGH'

SITIAWAN: Drug addicts are now resorting to injecting drugs into their 
heads for faster effect, said Deputy Home Minister Datuk Zainal Abidin Zin. 
The private parts are another area where addicts inject drugs to enable 
them to escape undetected by the authorities, he added.

"These are two new methods of injecting themselves with drugs apart from 
the conventional way of injecting the arm which the authorities have 
discovered," he said in his speech when closing the anti-drug awareness 
campaign at Felcra Lekir here yesterday.

Zainal Abidin, who is also National Anti-Drug Agency chairman, said 
following the discoveries police had been directed to carry out full body 
checks on all suspected drug addicts.
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