• In Singapore, the drugs abuse start with opium. It was a popular habit among the early Chinese immigrants.

• The misuse of methaqualone and cannbis (ganja) only become widespread in the sixties.
• Heroin abuse among the Singapore youths appeared suddenly in the early 1970s, and spread like wild fire.
• The problem of Glue sniffing (Inhalant abuser) appeared in the late 1970s and worsens in the 1980s. Most of the inhalant abusers were youths below the age of 19 as glue sniffing was relatively cheap and easily accessible.
• Ecstasy is believed to reach Singapore in late 1995.

The government undertakes the enforcement, treatment, rehabilitation and supervision while SANA take care of preventive education and aftercare.

Poppy flower - the ingredient for opium

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