Community involvement needed to prevent drug abuse

(From left) Datuk Joachim Gunsalam, Datuk Hamisa Samat, Datuk Ramlee Marahaban and Jainab chatting before the Sabah State Assembly sitting at Likas in Kota Kinabalu.

KOTA KINABALU: Communities and parents need to be involved in monitoring their children to prevent drug abuse, said Community Development and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Jainab Ayid.

She said while no school in Sabah was included in the Federal Government’s report on drug abuse at schools, there was no denying that such cases existed.