The youngest person arrested for drug consumption between 2019 and 2023 was an 11-year-old.
In the first four months of 2024, 16 drug offenders below 16 years old were arrested, compared with 24 such arrests in the whole of 2023. Samuel Devaraj and Gladys Wee find out why this is happening.
Ms Helga Foo, a social worker who works with Trybe, a social service agency that specialises in helping youth facing adversities, now counsels the teen via an after-care programme. Figures from the Central Narcotics Bureau annual statistics report showed that there was a near 17 per cent increase in young drug abusers arrested in 2023 compared with the figure in 2022.revealed that 18 per cent of 3,000 youth aged 13 to 29 said they knew someone who had taken drugs. This was up from 10.6 per cent in 2019.
Ms Ho recalls helping a 15-year-old girl through her rehabilitation programme in 2020 after she was arrested by CNB for using methamphetamine.When the teen’s parents found out about her drug abuse, she felt misunderstood by them. She ran away from home, but her siblings found her.Parents who turn in their children for abusing drugs can save their lives: CNB
She said: “Compared with 10 years ago, youth today have access to social media platforms and many online sources. So, it’s hard to control where they get their information.” This has led to more young people trying drugs due to curiosity, peer influence, and underestimating the dangers of drug addiction until it is too late.
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