Pubdate: Mon, 05 Sep 2005
Source: Daily Express (Malaysia)
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YOUTHS FORM 70PC OF SABAH ADDICTS: YAHYA

Kota Kinabalu: More than 70 per cent of the 1,229 drug addicts detected in 
Sabah in the first seven months this year comprised youths, a development 
that has the State very worried, Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Yahya Hussin said.

He said based on the statistics issued by the National Drugs Information 
System the youths were mostly aged between 20 and 30 years.

"We also found 943 of them to be be new drug users," he said when closing a 
skills programme for women at Wisma Sedco.

The programme which was reserved for mothers was organised by Putatan 
Wanita Umno with the cooperation of the National Anti-drugs Agency.

In connection with this, Yahya, who is also state Minister for Community 
Development and Consumer Affairs, urged parents to actively monitor their 
children to ensure they were not exposed to social ills, especially drug 
abuse.- Bernama
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