Four percent of drug users children

JAKARTA: About 4 percent of drug users in the country are under 17 years old, a study conducted by the International Labor Organization (ILO) revealed.

The study also found that two of 10 drug users are involved in selling and distributing illegal drugs from the age of 13 to 15.

"They mostly use and sell marijuana due to exposure by peers and relationships with drug dealers," ILO's spokesperson for Jakarta Gita Lingga said on Wednesday.

The number of drug users, however, was unknown.

The study had been conducted since November 2002 covering five priority areas. ILO worked with several state universities and non-governmental organization the Foundation for Welfare of Indonesia's Children (YKAI), and a number of consultants in the study.

The results of the study will be used to create a national action plan for eliminating the worst forms of employment for children. --Antara