Head of the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) Komjen Martinus Hukom emphasized that drug users who report for rehabilitation will not be punished.
This was conveyed by Martinus following many drug users who actually wanted to be rehabilitated, but were reluctant to report or contact institutions such as BNN for fear of being punished.
"The law or the narcotics law regulates that users must be rehabilitated," Martinus said in an anti-drug declaration in Boncos Village, Palmerah, West Jakarta, Thursday, May 8, which was confiscated by Antara.
When rehabilitated for "voluntary" or awareness of reporting, it will not be punished. "So please write it down, it will not be punished if people report it," he said.
Apart from being afraid of being punished, said Martinus, users are also afraid of being marginalized or subject to social sanctions if they report to undergo rehabilitation.
When reporting, the stigma of the public against people who use this drug is negative stigma. "Finally they are marginalized," he said.
Therefore, Martinus expects the public to be more sensitive to the presence of the surrounding users, especially family members themselves.
"Don't be afraid if our relatives, our children, our neighbors, our closest friends get drugs and then we report them. They will be given free rehabilitation service facilities," he said.
Martinus revealed that BNN has six rehabilitation service centers that can be accessed free of charge by drug users.
"The first is the BNN Rehabilitation Center in Lido, Bogor. It accommodates around 500 people per day," he said.
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Then there is the Rehabilitation Center in Tanah Merah, Samarinda. "Balai ya itu di Badoka dan di Tanah Merah itu bisa 200 lebih. Kemudian ada Loka. Loka itu ada 3 tempat, di Lampung, Batam dan Medan," ujar Martinus.
Martinus added, as many as 15 thousand people participate in the rehabilitation program every year.
"Rehabilitation per year is almost 15 thousand users. They are people who have special needs, must be rehabilitated and supported," he said.
Give them support. "So that you feel that you are in the right environment and can improve the quality of your life through rehabilitation," he said.
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