Drug Abuse And Crime Essay

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As reported by Bukit Aman Crime Investigation Department, from 1990 until 1992, there is 37602 individuals were detained for the crime and from the 37602 individuals, 3450 of them are youngsters. The most common crimes among youngsters are drug abuse, burglary, and the street brawl which shown by the police statistics in Utusan Malaysia (January 1992). These common crimes are the social problems among youngsters in Malaysia nowadays. According to Coleman & Cressey (1993), a social problem can be defined as the problem occurs when the principles of the society are different from its real achievements. One of the social problems among youngsters that can be always seen through the mass media is drug abuse. Generally, drug abuse can be defined …show more content…

According to The Sun Daily news, The prevention director of the National Anti-Drug Agency, Abdul Rahman Hamid has stated that the record of the drug abuse among youngsters is an upward trend, therefore, proactive measures must be taken to solve this problem. Drug abuse brings many negative effects to the youngsters, however, drug abuse still becomes the increasing problem among youngsters nowadays, and it is therefore important for the government to cooperate with other authorities to take action in drug control to prevent more youngsters involve in drug abuse. Drug abuse is one of the increasing social problems among youngsters nowadays. Based on the statistics of National Anti-drugs Agency (2013), 15,408 youngsters in Malaysia were found to be addicted to drugs and the number kept increasing to 15,897. The increasing number of drug abuse among youngsters may cause by several reasons. Curiosity and peer pressure are one of the factors that contribute to the drug abuse among youngsters. Youngsters are a plain paper that can be easily influenced by …show more content…

To prevent this phenomenon occurring, all authorities need to cooperate with each others and play their roles in drug control to avoid more youngsters involve in it. Youngsters are the backbone and the hope of a country, however,the phenomenon of the increasing numbers of young drug abusers is worrying. Therefore, local communities, parents and school authorities need to pay attention and give guidances to the youngsters. Drug control and punishment must be strictly for youngsters so they scared to involve in drug

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