Glue-sniffing at worrying level: Jainab
Published on: Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Kota Kinabalu: Glue-sniffing especially among children is at a worrying level, said State Community Development and Consumers Affairs Minister Datuk Jainab Ahmad Ayid. She said based on reports from the National Anti-Drugs Agency (AADK) recently, many active glue-sniffers were found to be from the 8-15 age group."Most of the glue sniffers are foreign children. However, we (Ministry) take this matter seriously as it could not only affect the development of the children but also lead them to drugs," she said during the State-level Drug Enforcement Action Council meeting at Wisma Tun Fuad Stephen, here, Monday.
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She said the Ministry would take the initiative to highlight the issue by providing relevant information and paperwork to introduce a law against glue-sniffing."Currently there is no such law," she added.Jainab also said the Ministry, in collaboration with AADK and other agencies, would continue to work together and come up with initiatives to contain and eradicate the drug menace in the State.According to her, five papers were discussed to ensure involvement of all relevant agencies in the war on drugs campaign.
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