KOTA KINABALU: An assistant chief director and an assistant officer of the National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) here were charged for making false claims amounting RM138,570 between 2018 and 2019. The assistant director Bakri Bibi, 53 and assistant officer Abd Gani @ Ghani Keruput pleaded not guilty to a total of 41 false claim charges made against...
KAJANG: The proposed implementation of urine tests at concert venues is impractical and difficult to carry out, says the Director-General of the National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK), Datuk Ruslin Jusoh. He said this was because urine screening to detect drug abuse cannot be done carelessly and takes time to complete. ALSO READ: NYE drug deaths: Address the issue, not...
KANGAR: The issue of drug abuse and addiction among primary and secondary school students in the country shows a worrying trend based on National Anti-Drugs Agency (AADK) statistics, recording an increase from 2020 to 2023. AADK deputy director-general (Operations) Khairul Anwar Bachok said 10,456 drug abuse and addiction cases were recorded involving primary school students in...
PETALING JAYA: Drug-filled vape liquids and sex stimulant pills for men are fuelling a rise in substance abuse cases in the post-Covid-19 pandemic era. According to data from the National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK), there were over 145,000 substance abuse cases recorded in 2023, higher than the 142,000 cases reported in 2019, just before the pandemic struck. Cases...
KUALA SELANGOR: Drug addiction cases in this country have increased by 27% in the first six months of this year to 118,820 addicts compared with 93,534 addicts reported in the same period last year. The National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) director-general Sutekno Ahmad Belon said this upward trend is worrying as more than half of the number...
