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High relapse rate among addicts


PA Sri Kota in Bandar Tun Razak is one of the flats notorious for drug-related activities. — Photos: BAVANI M, YAP CHEE HONG and SAMUEL ONG

KUALA LUMPUR’s low-cost government housing schemes are hotbeds of drug addiction.

These old flats have become the hunting grounds of drug pushers, with National Anti-Drugs Agency (AADK) data revealing that high-risk areas are those with the most number in some of these areas.

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