Drug Abuse In Malaysia Statistics 2017

Crime statistics malaysia 2018 is the first publication of the department which presents statistics on five crime areas namely crimes index drugs corruptions environments and other crimes.

Drug abuse in malaysia statistics 2017. Economic estimates indicate consequences from drug abuse including alcohol tobacco prescription and illicit drugs approach 20 of our federal budget. Drug abuse statistics and addiction research. Based on the chart georgetown is the highest number of drug abusers in malaysia which is 730 followed by kuala lumpur 669 drug abusers ipoh 280 drug abusers johor bahru 267 drug abusers and alor setar 221 drug abusers. Per case per head.

Stemming the tide of addiction has been an uncontrollable phenomenon for all those involved. Monitoring the future is an annual survey of 8th 10th and 12th graders conducted by researchers at the institute for social research at the university of michigan ann arbor under a grant from the national institute on drug abuse part of the national institutes of health. Of these around 29 5 million people or 0 6 per cent of the global adult population were engaged in problematic use and suffered from drug use disorders including dependence. Drug abuse in malaysia has had an incremental history in spite of desperate measures by the government to prevent such things from happening.

Statistics of drug addicts by states 2014 2019. 1 about 38 of adults in 2017 battled an illicit drug use disorder. Text description of 2017 mtf infographic. 1 almost 74 of adults suffering from a substance use disorder in 2017 struggled with an alcohol use disorder.

The above chart is shown as different states of drug abusers in malaysia for 2008. 45 of malaysian youths under the age of 18 consume alcohol regularly. Crime index ratio per 100 000 population. Of all the legal and illegal drugs alcohol is by far the most widely used by teenagers and according to a national survey many are regularly drinking to excess 5.

From draconian measures of punishment such as the mandatory death sentencing of drug dealers to compassionate care of addicts by the community at large. 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. Drug abuse results in behavioral and biological health issues that affect individuals families and communities. According to the national survey on drug use and health nsduh 19 7 million american adults aged 12 and older battled a substance use disorder in 2017.

1 that same year 1 out of every 8 adults struggled with both. Crime index ratio per 100 000 population for malaysia in 2017 improved to 309 7 as against 2016.