BNN Calls There Is A Correlation Of Problem Solvement In North Sumatra By Solved Drugs In Indonesia

JAKARTA - Deputy for Prevention of the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) RI Richard Nainggolan said solving drug problems in North Sumatra (North Sumatra) would also solve drug problems in Indonesia. "From North Sumatra, we can solve drug problems in Indonesia," said Richard at the Bersinar Indonesia Workshop in Medan, North Sumatra, which was monitored from Jakarta, Tuesday, April 23, was confiscated by Antara. With this amount, according to him, a third of drug abusers in Indonesia came from North Sumatra. But overall, according to him, the prevalence rate of drug abusers in Indonesia is still at 1.73 percent. "Still below the world prevalence rate, but the number of drug abusers in Indonesia is quite alarming," he said.

He said the drug problem could not be separated from market laws related to supply and demand. So according to him, drug businesses will continue to try to maintain their market or consumers. According to him, President Joko Widodo has also stated in 2015 that Indonesia is a drug emergency. According to him, drugs are an extraordinary crime, in addition to corruption and terrorism. "He also gives us the spirit to continue to fight this drug problem, because drugs are also of course to save the people," he said.

For this reason, according to him, all parties need to support strengthening regional resilience through the Drug Clean Village (Bersinar) program that has been run by BNN. Because apart from strengthening each other, according to him, strengthening the region also needs to be done.

According to him, in Indonesia, the smallest government is a village and sub-district government. So if it starts from the smallest area, then according to him, the eradication of drugs can reach all regions in Indonesia. "For vulnerable villages, we make efforts to make the village not vulnerable by making icons. We continue to maintain villages that are not vulnerable, so that they remain safe," he said.