World Radio Day 2020: Drug Users Need Support

13-Feb-20 14:00

World Radio Day 2020: Drug Users Need Support

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Drug users in Malaysia are treated as criminals. As a result, they are unable to seek help for their addiction, receive health services, or be part of society. We revisit a show from 2018, where Hariyati Jonet, a Senior Executive at the Malaysian AIDS Council, spoke about how drug users need to be supported, not stigmatised.

Produced by: Tee Shiao Eek

Presented by: Tee Shiao Eek, Juliet Jacobs, Lim Sue Ann

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Categories: Politics, Law and Legal Matters, Health Policy, Diseases and Conditions, Mental Health, Healthy Living, Fitness, Science, Business Analysis, SME, Entrepreneurship, Social Issues, Medical Innovation and Technology

Tags: The Bigger Picture, The Daily Digest, drugs, drug use, drug users, decriminalisation of drug use, prison, rehabilitation, addiction, War on Drugs, zero tolerance, sharing needles, International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, drug possession, recidivism, drug policy reform, Ministry of Health, methadone maintenance therapy, needle syringe exchange programme,

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