KL drug use numbers drop by nearly 14%


KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 5,800 individuals were found to be involved in drug abuse around the capital in the first three months of this year, marking a 13.8% drop compared to the same period last year.

National Anti-Drugs Agency director-general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh said current statistics in Kuala Lumpur show a drug and substance abuse rate of 253 addicts per 100,000 population.

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