A drug addict at just 13


In trouble: Atan (left) with his positive urine test for banned substance while his 14-year-old friend tested negative during the random test in Kuala Kedah. In trouble: Atan (left) with his positive urine test for banned substance while his 14-year-old friend tested negative during the random test in Kuala kedah.

ALOR SETAR: It is a predicament that no mother will want to be in – see her only son drop out of school and become a drug addict at 13.

Sadly, this is the situation faced by odd job worker Nor (not her full name) who is praying fervently that her son Atan will turn over a new leaf.

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