Statistic Of Drug Abuse In Malaysia
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Statistic of drug abuse in malaysia. Drug abuse is a complex issue and has been a serious public health problem in malaysia. Mycensus 2020 portal portal banci 2020. Drug abuse results in behavioral and biological health issues that affect individuals families and communities. Economic estimates indicate consequences from drug abuse including alcohol tobacco prescription and illicit drugs approach 20 of our federal budget.
Illicit substance use and drug relapse is an issue that continues to plague societies worldwide. Welcome to the fast link of the department of statistics malaysia official portal selamat datang ke pautan pintas portal rasmi jabatan perangkaan malaysia. Drug abuse statistics and addiction research. Drug overdoses deaths drug use among youth marijuana use addiction opioid epidemic drug war cost marijuana incarceration.
Department of statistics official portal portal rasmi jabatan perangkaan malaysia. A total of 131 841 drug addicts have been registered in malaysia between january 2010 and february this year said the home ministry. Statistic of drug abusers in malaysia with regarding to age for 2008 the above graph is shown as the total number of drug abuser breakdown by age. 45 of malaysian youths under the age of 18 consume alcohol regularly.
More teenagers in malaysia are starting to drink alcoholic beverages at an earlier age. 03 8885 7000 fax. Up to 3 2 million malaysians nationwide are living in areas considered high risk due to rampant drug trafficking and abuse deputy home minister datuk mohd azis jamman said today. General drug use statistics.
When the age from 0 to 15 we can be considered as children if the age from 16 to 34 we can be considered as teenagers and the age is more than 35 we can be considered as adult. Breakdown of drug offenders in malaysia 2018 by age bracket number of opiate cases in malaysia 2013 2018 texans who depended on or abused illicit drugs in the past year 2010 2014. In 2o18 31 9 million or 11 7 of the population over age 12 in the us were current illegal drug users had used within the previous month in 2018 53 million or 19 4 of people aged 12 years and older used illegal drugs or.