Drug abuse in Indonesia is getting more concerning. The data collected by National Narcotics Agency (BNN) shows that the number of drug users tends to increase every year. In 2011, BNN recorded around 3.4 million people in Indonesia were drug users. This number increased to 4.5 million people in 2013. And in 2015, BNN estimated that drug users in Indonesia could reach five million people.

If there was no comprehensive treatment, then we as a state will suffer great loss that cannot be measured by anything

“ If there was no comprehensive treatment, then we as a state will suffer great loss that cannot be measured by anything ,” stressed BNN Community Component Rehabilitation Institution Strengthening (PLRKM) Director, Police Brigadier General Budyo Prasetyo, on the commemoration of International Anti Drugs Day held at Hotel Indonesia (HI) Roundabout, Thursday (6/26).

According to Prasetyo, the theme of International Anti Drugs Day commemoration this year is ‘Drug Users Can Be Prevented and Rehabilitated’. It aims to get the public not antipathy to drug users.

“Drug users are sick people, so we have to push them to get rehabilitation,” he said.

In this International Anti Drugs Day commemoration, BNN is also giving 1,000 flowers to anyone passing at HI Roundabout. The activity involves 50 BNN employees and anti-drugs activists.