IPOH (Bernama): The increase in the abuse of synthetic drugs among young people in Perak is increasingly worrying, with teenagers using Amphetamine Type Stimulant (ATS) as early as 13 years old.
Perak National Anti-Drugs Agency (AADK) assistant director (Enforcement and Security) A. Rueben said the trend of using ATS drugs was detected last year when 68.7 per cent of the 9,335 people who had been identified, found to be involved in the drug abuse activities.
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