BERNAMA – Kelantan Records Third-highest Rate Of Drug Addiction In Malaysia

KOTA BHARU, Aug 4 (Bernama) — Kelantan recorded a total of 11,280 drug addicts and abusers as of March 2025, making it the state with the third-highest rate of drug addiction and abuse in the country, with 597 cases per 100,000 population.

National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) director-general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh said that based on the report compiled up to March, a total of 108,409 drug addicts and abusers had been detected nationwide.

He said Kelantan ranked behind Terengganu and Perlis, which recorded a rate of 663 and 609, respectively, cases per 100,000 population, followed by Kedah (553) and Pahang (495).

“However, the rate in Kelantan showed a 5.4 per cent decrease compared to the same period last year.

“This reduction is the result of various integrated efforts, including enforcement activities, the implementation of preventive education programmes, and tighter control in border areas.

“The closure of rat trails and illegal entry points has also allowed for more systematic control over the movement of prohibited substances from neighbouring countries,” he told reporters after attending the State Drug Control Action Council Meeting chaired by Menteri Besar Datuk Mohd Nassuruddin Daud at the Kota Darulnaim Complex, here, today. said.

Meanwhile, Ruslin said that according to the AADK report for January to March 2025, the abuse of Amphetamine-Type Stimulants (ATS) was the most prevalent in Kelantan, involving 10,071 individuals or 89.3 per cent of total cases.

This is followed by the use of opiates with 766 cases (6.8 per cent), psychotropic pills with 277 cases (2.5 per cent), and cannabis with 41 cases (0.4 per cent), he said, adding that other categories of addictive substances also accounted for 277 cases, or 6.8 per cent.

He said the AADK will continue to strengthen prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation efforts, particularly through community education programmes and coordinated enforcement operations with agencies such as the Royal Malaysia Police, the Immigration Department, and the Customs Department.

Ruslin said AADK would further strengthen prevention, treatment and recovery efforts, including through community education programmes as well as enforcement operations with other agencies such as the Royal Malaysian Police, Immigration Department and Customs Department.

— BERNAMA

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