Drug addicts in Bali higher

Drug addicts in Bali higher

DENPASAR, Bali: The Antinarcotic Coordinating Commission in the province said the province needed a rehabilitation center to help the increasing number of local drug addicts on the tourist island.

Ketut Robin, chairman of the commission, said here on Monday that the presence of a rehabilitation center in the city was urgently needed because the number of drug abusers had increased dramatically each year.

He did not know the precise number of addicts but he thought the number had tended to increase over the last few years.

"It is better for the government to seek cooperation with both local and foreign nongovernmental organizations to seek donations to establish the rehabilitation center as many other cities have done," he said.

Robin made the statement after visiting rehabilitation centers in Jakarta, Bogor and Tangerang. --Antara