Anti-Drugs Seminar

Indonesia now is one of those countries, in which substance abuse has become a major issue. What makes it even worse is the number of drug users in this country keeps increasing, with the market expanding from adults to high school students. In response to the horrific situation, LSPR as an educational institution took action by staging an annual seminar about drugs abuse for its students.

This year, the Drug Awareness Seminar was conducted for Batch 18   It was held last Friday, March 27 and presented by Sumirat Dwiyanto, the Head of BNNP Sulawesi Utara. The Seminar was held at Prof. Djajusman Auditorium, the one-day seminar was divided into three sessions: morning, noon and evening. Through this event, LSPR hopes to increase the awareness to illicit drug use for the students.

During the seminar, Sumirat elaborated many drug-related problems, includes the addiction effect caused by the drug use. He also explained the types of drugs sprawling across the country, complete with the side effects analysis. This insightful knowledge about drugs, then followed by a video screening of a rat who lost its thinking ability after a few dose of marijuana. In addition, the students also got to identify a number of images of psychoactive plants to differentiate them from plants that can be consumed.

In Indonesia, the treatments for drug abuse cases are still far from ideal. According to last year’s LIT BNN, there are approximately 4 million drug users in the country, and the number keeps climbing every year. Furthermore, 25% of the users are coming from high school and college students.The tricks of drugs smuggling and transaction are also improving, with the location ranging from mosques and churches to airports. The deal also can be closed via online transaction and social media. The high population in Indonesia is often assumed to be one of the reasons the country has been a popular target for drugs trading. (Melisa, Gadis, Ayu, Fifi, Nina)