Feature: Under the influence


Reaching out: The National Anti-Drugs Agency runs Cure & Care Clinics around the country that provide voluntary rehabilitation and drug addiction recovery services.

DRUG addiction will soon be decriminalised in Malaysia.

Rather than viewing it as a crime, the Government is proposing that drug addiction be treated as a health problem.

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