Council urges tough bylaw on drug abuse

Council urges tough bylaw on drug abuse

JAKARTA: The City Council asked the city administration to
strengthen law enforcement against drug dealers and users, the
city's official news portal Beritajakarta.com reported on Friday.

Councillor Siti Sofiah of Commission E on people's welfare
said that the death penalty should be seen as an option to deal
with offenders and urged the officials to draft a bylaw on
psychotropic substances.

"Until now, the executives have not taken any significant
actions to deal with drug users and dealers," she said.

Her colleague Lili Solichah added that the City Narcotics
Agency must be able to develop an action plan to monitor and
eradicate drug dealings within the city.

The city administration is now in the process of developing a
local regulation on the matter. --JP