Gorilla Tobacco And Drugs In Young Children

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JAKARTA - Three junior high school students lay in the courtyard of a house in Manggarai area, South Jakarta, Wednesday, November 27, afternoon. They were drunk and couldn't stand. Some residents who were there said they were drunk on gorilla tobacco.

Police are aware of this incident and will investigate the origins of the gorilla tobacco that the student consumed. However, students have not been able to provide information correctly because they are still under the influence of tobacco, which is a class I narcotics.

"Of course we will be asked to develop it later," said Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Tebet Iptu Iwan Police when confirmed, Friday, November 29.

The three of them will not be legally processed, said Iwan. Their age who made ordinary crimes could not ensnare him. Moreover, there was no evidence left from the location of the three students who had been drunk earlier. They were sent home to their parents for guidance.

"There is no evidence, all of them have been used up," said Iwan.

These three people add to the latest data from the National Narcotics Agency on students who use drugs. What is clear, in 2018, there were 2.29 million students who were exposed to narcotics. The data is taken from 13 provincial capitals in Indonesia.

From this data, it is stated that the groups of people who are prone to being entangled in drug abuse are those aged 15-35 years.

Head of the National Narcotics Agency (BNN), Commissioner General Heru Winarko, said drug abuse among adolescents has increased by 24 to 28 percent this year. Meanwhile, last year the increase in the younger generation who were mired in narcotics reached 20 percent.

"The results of our research show that a few years ago, millennials or young people only amounted to 20 percent and now it has increased by 24-28 percent, mostly children and adolescents," Heru said in Jakarta, Wednesday, June 26.