SINGAPORE — Carol Wee was only 15 years old when she first got addicted to heroin, leading her down a tumultuous path of drug abuse with bad company and painful estrangement from her family.
Recalling how she felt trapped and unable to seek help, Ms Wee recalled to TODAY how she decided to surrender herself to the police with a urine test within two years of first taking the drug.
The study also found that around 0.7 per cent of all Singapore residents have taken illegal drugs at least once in the past year. Although figures such as 0.7 per cent of respondents having consumed drugs in the past 12 months might seem like a miniscule number,"when multiplied out across the population, this translates potentially to about 18,000 residents", said Mr Teo.
Previous studies by CNB are largely based on enforcement and conviction statistics, For example, CNB latest report in 2022 found that among drug offenders who were arrested in 2022, those under the age of 30 made up 50 per cent of all new abusers.
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