Sharp rise in drug use among local youth, says AADK chief


JERTIH: Youths remain the largest group involved in drug abuse in Malaysia, according to the country’s National Anti-Drugs Agency (AADK).

AADK director-general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh said individuals aged between 19 and 39 accounted for 60 per cent of the 192,857 drug users detained in 2024, totalling 116,245 people.

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