SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN

MALAYSIA Heroin is the most

widely abused
THE National Anti- Pahang recorded
illegal drug in
Drug Agency has the highest number High risks of
Malaysia.
recorded the with 16,150 (0.96 psychotic
number of drug per cent of its and
Methamphetamin
addicts nationwide population). nonpsychoti
e is the second
from 2014 until most widely c disorders
September 2018 at abused drug in the in
133,684, which is country. methampheta
0.40 per cent of Malays form the mine-
the country’s highest number of 0.22% of public dependant
population. The addicts (88,522) university students patients.
youngest drug followed by the who
abuser on record is Chinese (7,883), were abusing
a 7-year old child. Indians (7,689). methamphetamines.

National Health and Morbidity Services, 2017

 An estimated five
million Malaysians, 15 years and above Tobacco use, a
or 22.8 per cent of were smokers, 43.0 major preventable
the population, are % ( 4.85 million ) of cause of premature
smokers, according men and 1.4% death and diseases,
to the National (143,566) of women kills 6 million
Health and people
Morbidity Survey worldwide annually.
(NHMS). -600,000 of these
37.1% (8.09 deaths were among
million) of Malaysian non-smokers who
adults aged 15 were exposed to
years and above
were exposed to
the STOP
second-hand
secondhand smoke cigarette smoke SMOKIN
(SHS) at home. G

National Health and Morbidity Services, 2017