Rp250m to fight drug use in Jambi

Rp250m to fight drug use in Jambi

JAMBI: Jambi city administration has set aside Rp 250 million
(US$25,000) to fight increasing numbers of drug users aged
between 19 and 40 years old.

"The rapid increase in the number of drug users is
surprising," Lamtiar Tumanggor, a drug and HIV/AIDS prevention
worker at Orang Kito Information Center (SIKOK) in Jambi, told
The Jakarta Post on Monday.

According to the center's official data, some 748 drug users
are currently under treatment at the city's hospital this year.

"Last year, there's only 400 drug users (being treated)," he
said, adding that the number was only the official number listed,
while the real figure might reach 9,000 people, or 2.5 percent of
the city's 400,000 residents. -- JP