Giving addicts a second chance


Comm Zulkifli (centre) says one of the reasons rehabilitated drug addicts return to their old habits was they found it difficult to secure jobs.

MELAKA: The National Anti-Drugs Agency (AADK) hopes the Melaka and other state governments can encourage private companies in their states to hire former drug addicts.

AADK director-general Comm Datuk Seri Zulkifli Abdullah said one of the reasons rehabilitated drug addicts return to their old habits was they found it difficult to secure jobs.

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