Synergy Between Ministries/Institutions is the Key to Successful Drug Eradication

Mataram – The West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Provincial Government fully supports drug eradication efforts according to President Prabowo Subianto’s instructions. This is because NTB is one of the regions that shows a very worrying phenomenon of drug abuse. Synergy between all parties is very important to overcome the problem of drug eradication, especially in NTB.

Based on the results of calculations carried out by the Research, Data and Information Center (Puslidatin) of the Indonesian National Narcotics Agency (BNN RI), as many as 64,623 residents of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) aged 15-64 years are reported to have used drugs, with a prevalence almost equivalent to the national figure.

The Head of the NTB Provincial National Narcotics Agency (BNNP), Brigadier General of Police Marjuki, said that this phenomenon is the “tip of the iceberg”. This means that the figures that appear on the surface are only a small part of the big problem that exists within it.

“This drug problem is our common concern, and we must unite in dealing with it,” said Marjuki.

Marjuki explained that BNNP NTB together with various parties will carry out various activities to prevent the circulation of narcotics, one of which is counseling to the community and students.

This counseling is very important because students are the young generation who will fill Indonesia Emas 2045.

In addition, BNNP NTB will also conduct urine tests on all Regional Apparatus Organizations (OPD) in NTB as an example of the government’s commitment to eradicating narcotics.

“We will also continue to improve the eradication of narcotics together with the NTB Regional Police and other related parties,” said Marjuki.

Although there are no drug rehabilitation centers in Eastern Indonesia, BNNP NTB has prepared a rehabilitation center that can accommodate up to 1,000 people per year. However, until now, only 27 people have undergone inpatient rehabilitation, and 872 people have undergone outpatient rehabilitation.

“This problem requires serious attention from all of us,” said Marjuki.

Meanwhile, the Chairperson of the NTB DPRD, Hj. Baiq Isvie Rupaeda, said the importance of adding drug rehabilitation facilities in NTB, which has also been suggested by the NTB High Prosecutor’s Office. He hopes that in 2025, the provincial government can provide inpatient drug rehabilitation rooms at the Mutiara Sukma Mental Hospital or the NTB Provincial General Hospital, along with changes in policy that lead to rehabilitation for drug users, no longer imprisonment.

“We hope that the addition of rehabilitation treatment rooms can be realized in 2025,” said Baiq Isvie.

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