In 2020, around 8.1 thousand drug addicts stated that they initially started taking drugs due to peer pressure or peer influence. In comparison, around one thousand stated that they first started taking drugs to relieve pain.
Reasons given by addicts for initially using drugs in Malaysia in 2020
respondents were drug addicts arrested once for drug offences within the current period
Supplementary notes
*Others categories include aggressive, reason related to job, amusement, lack of religious education, financial problems, for slimming, being subject to abuse, medicinal, emotional longing, sex, deceived due to lack of knowledge about the danger of drugs, for studies, etc.
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National Anti-Drugs Agency. (June 3, 2022). Reasons given by addicts for initially using drugs in Malaysia in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 25, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/971167/initial-reasons-for-using-drugs-malaysia/
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