Women of substance abuse


Women drug users are vulnerable to all kinds of hardship, but what's most traumatic is losing their children. Graphic: IZUDIN ISMAIL

Yati Jonet considers herself to be “one of the lucky ones”.

She has been in and out of prison and the drug rehabilitation centre four times, but Yati is proud to say that she has been drug-free for five years and seven months. She also has a steady job as an outreach worker for the Aids Action and Research Group (AARG) in Ipoh, Perak.

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