40 students expelled over drugs

40 students expelled over drugs

JAKARTA: Trisakti University has expelled 40 students over the
past three years for using drugs, rector Thoby Mutis said on
Wednesday.

"To take real action to combat drug use, I issued decree No.
342/1999 to dismiss any student, employee and lecturer at the
university involved in drugs," he was quoted by Antara as saying.

The university has also established an antidrug team, which is
in charge of fighting drug use and training volunteers to prevent
drugs being sold on campus.

According to the National Narcotics Agency, the number of drug
users in the country has increased by 100 percent over the past
three years, from two million in 1999 to four million this year.
Most of the drug users are young people, including students.

Two people die every day in the country from drug-related
causes.--JP