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.
