No smoke, no need to destroy 'ketum' tree
RECENTLY there was this call, again, to look for a now way of dealing with the problem of drug abuse in the country. It looks like we are caught at a crossroad as a result of our own doing. Fortunately, the Ministry of Internal Security (Malay Mail, April 14) "is willing to consider the prop...
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| description | RECENTLY there was this call, again, to look for a now way of dealing with the problem of drug abuse in the
country.
It looks like we are caught at a crossroad as a result of our own doing.
Fortunately, the Ministry of Internal Security (Malay Mail, April 14) "is willing to consider the proposal to
provide drugs to addicts as part of its effort to fight drug addiction in the country".
The ministry's Parliamentary Secretary was quoted as saying that "the idea of supplying drugs could be traced
back in history, when opium shops were licensed to supply the drug to addicts".
This is in tandem with an observation made by an MP "that the mandatory death sentence on drug traffickers
has not been effective in curbing the problem".
Thus it follows: It is better to give them (addicts) drugs and let them live their lives the way they want? |
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| spelling | usm-336342017-04-26T08:03:17Z http://eprints.usm.my/33634/ No smoke, no need to destroy 'ketum' tree Abd Razak, Dzulkifli RM300-666 Drugs and their actions RECENTLY there was this call, again, to look for a now way of dealing with the problem of drug abuse in the country. It looks like we are caught at a crossroad as a result of our own doing. Fortunately, the Ministry of Internal Security (Malay Mail, April 14) "is willing to consider the proposal to provide drugs to addicts as part of its effort to fight drug addiction in the country". The ministry's Parliamentary Secretary was quoted as saying that "the idea of supplying drugs could be traced back in history, when opium shops were licensed to supply the drug to addicts". This is in tandem with an observation made by an MP "that the mandatory death sentence on drug traffickers has not been effective in curbing the problem". Thus it follows: It is better to give them (addicts) drugs and let them live their lives the way they want? 2005-04-24 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/33634/1/DZUL394.pdf Abd Razak, Dzulkifli (2005) No smoke, no need to destroy 'ketum' tree. New Sunday Times. |
| spellingShingle | RM300-666 Drugs and their actions Abd Razak, Dzulkifli No smoke, no need to destroy 'ketum' tree |
| title | No smoke, no need to destroy 'ketum' tree |
| title_full | No smoke, no need to destroy 'ketum' tree |
| title_fullStr | No smoke, no need to destroy 'ketum' tree |
| title_full_unstemmed | No smoke, no need to destroy 'ketum' tree |
| title_short | No smoke, no need to destroy 'ketum' tree |
| title_sort | no smoke, no need to destroy 'ketum' tree |
| topic | RM300-666 Drugs and their actions |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/33634/ http://eprints.usm.my/33634/1/DZUL394.pdf |