Urine tests at concert venues impractical, says Anti-Drug Agency DG

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...

Drug addiction cases up by 27% in first six months of 2023, says AADK

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...