Meulaboh, Aceh – The West Aceh district administration has actually set up a rehabilitation facility at a hospital in Beureugang village, Kaway XVI subdistrict for regional drug users.
The hospital will be made use of to fix up regional drug abuser up until they are fully recuperated, said West Aceh district head Ramli M.S.
The district government has made all essential preparations to ensure clients are dealt with well, he told ANTARA here on Wednesday.
Substance abuse and addiction remain a severe public issue in West Aceh. To deal with it, the district administration has released a Muslim Village Program in tens of subdistricts, he stated.
Along with the concerned stakeholders, the district federal government authorities have actually launched public awareness projects on the threats of substance abuse and addiction by applying an Islamic values technique, he notified.
To this end, the district federal government has actually been sending out Muslim preachers to each village in West Aceh to propagate anti-drug messages, he added.
Aceh has stayed susceptible to drug trafficking, with cops seizing 141 kgs of crystal methamphetamine in the province in simply one month. The drugs were taken during 2 raids in East Aceh district by authorities, which caused the arrest of 15 suspects.
The province’s eastern coastline has regularly been used by multinational drug distributes as an entry point for smuggling illegal drug packages into Indonesia.
The federal government has continued to take harsh punitive action against drug kingpins as Aceh and lots of other parts of Indonesia have remained under serious risk from drug dealerships.
National Authorities Chief, General Idham Azis, revealed recently that district courts in various parts of Indonesia have awarded capital punishment to at least 100 drug transgressors in the first half of 2020.
As part of a strict crackdown on drugs sell the country, Indonesian President Joko Widodo has actually provided shoot-at-sight orders against drug kingpins.
This has failed to discourage drug traffickers, who have continued to deal with Indonesia as an essential market, prompting law enforcement firms to increase caution in the war on drugs. (INE)
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