Original report from Battambang province
06/07/2007
With drug use on the rise in youths both rich and poor, national counternarcotics officials have chosen Battambang as a "model province" for anti-drug efforts this year.
Methamphetamines and other stimulants have become more and more popular in Phnom Penh, authorities say, a trend that is now affecting towns like Battambang, especially in youths aged 17 to 25.
"These drugs are in many places," Lou Ramine, secretary-general of the National Anti-Drug Authority, said. "The wealthy [youth] look for fun and use them at the clubs. As for the poor, they use them on the roadside or in neighborhoods where they live."
Battambang city official Bun Yoeun said he was happy to have his town participate in the anti-drug campgain.
"Drugs make people immoral, cause negative things to happen in societies, and especially make the country weak," he said.
Naem Nuom, a Battambang resident who joined International Anti-Drug Day July 4 said the country needed strategies to curb the use of dangerous drugs.
The government "must have a law and, second, form a center to stop or decrease drugs," Naem Nuom said. "We should have measures, and we should have measures from the top level to provincial, communal, village and group level, and do it in every walk of life."
Methamphetamines and other stimulants have become more and more popular in Phnom Penh, authorities say, a trend that is now affecting towns like Battambang, especially in youths aged 17 to 25.
"These drugs are in many places," Lou Ramine, secretary-general of the National Anti-Drug Authority, said. "The wealthy [youth] look for fun and use them at the clubs. As for the poor, they use them on the roadside or in neighborhoods where they live."
Battambang city official Bun Yoeun said he was happy to have his town participate in the anti-drug campgain.
"Drugs make people immoral, cause negative things to happen in societies, and especially make the country weak," he said.
Naem Nuom, a Battambang resident who joined International Anti-Drug Day July 4 said the country needed strategies to curb the use of dangerous drugs.
The government "must have a law and, second, form a center to stop or decrease drugs," Naem Nuom said. "We should have measures, and we should have measures from the top level to provincial, communal, village and group level, and do it in every walk of life."
1 comment:
Wonder how many of us know the true effect of those drugs?
Many more of us & our kids need to understand 2 words which related to drugs " Tolerance & Withdrawal" and what do they really mean to our body?
Stay away from it that if we don't want those two words to effect our lives.
Check these words out:
" Tolerance " as some of us know from some of the most simple terms, means our body is willing to take up more drugs in order to feel or get the same effect. Whatever it may be.......
Here, we see a very strong motivation of trying to get more drugs to feed this poor-helpless body. How?....rather not knowing:(
" Withdrawal" means that if you start using it, it will be hard to stop or you won't be able to stop. If you do stop, you will be more likely to get depressed, fatigue in general or feeling sick like having a headache, nausea, get moody and just simply not yourself.
Can anyone do anything or be productive when one is feeling sick or not well? That is when negative things are coming. True? No?
Blaiming on our kids ? friends? and neighbors? Nop, don't agree with it.
We are going with Naem Nuom and will be :) when school & and authority are willing to step up.
Ordinary Khmers
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