KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 (Bernama) -- About one per cent of the population, or 255,725 Malaysians, were found to be drug addicts up to last year, Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF) chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye said Friday.
He said 80 per cent of them were aged between 15 and 40.
Eradicating the drug menace was crucial in the fight against crime because police statistics showed that 30 to 40 per cent of drug addicts were involved in petty crimes, he said in a statement here.
Calling for a more effective strategy towards making the nation drug free by 2015, he said the entire Malaysian community should work with the government to combat the drug menace.
"As the key to the fight against drug lies in prevention, a national-level prevention strategy is needed to involve the home, society and workplace to help eradicate the problem," he added.
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