Monday November 23, 2009
Designer drugs that can kill catching on among the young
PETALING JAYA: Designer drugs like methamphetamine and Ecstasy are becoming the drug of choice for abusers, who are getting younger, with some hardly in their teens.
These “party” drugs are becoming more popular than opiate-based drugs as they are more easily available ‑ being concocted locally - and hard to trace through standard police urine tests. There is also the misconception that such drugs are not addictive.
● Many of these drugs, in pill form, are heavily contaminated, some even with rat poison.
● According to private drug rehabilitation centres, almost 80% of their new inmates are users of such drugs.
● Many of those in rehabilitation are in their teens or 20s and suffer from brain damage and other side effects.
● The National Anti-Drug Agency will begin a pilot programme by the year’s end to specifically treat synthetic drug abusers.
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