Inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. President Joko Widodo asked narcotics dealers and dealers in Indonesian territory to be punished as severely as possible as a form of commitment to eradicating narcotics.
"The law is as harsh as possible for narcotics dealers and dealers," said President Jokowi, Tuesday (27/6/23). Apart from giving heavy punishments to narcotics dealers and dealers, he also ordered rehabilitation efforts for narcotics addicts to be increased.
On the prevention side, President Jokowi asked all elements to strengthen family and community resilience and raise awareness about the dangers of narcotics, starting early.
"Let's make this year's International Anti-Narcotics Day a momentum to further combat the abuse and illicit trafficking of narcotics," said President Jokowi.
Meanwhile, the Chief of the Indonesian National Narcotics Agency (BNN), Police Commissioner General Petrus Reinhard Golose stated that the National Narcotics Agency would take firm action against any party trying to get involved in the illicit narcotics trade.
"We will eradicate drug dealers, but we will also increase the problem of rehabilitation and how we socialize it, especially at an early age. The compilation of the program tonight is a combination of activities that have been carried out by the BNN RI in conveying a message to the international world about how Our nation is seriously facing the narcotics problem," said Police Commissioner General Petrus Reinhard Golose.
Police Commissioner General Petrus Reinhard Golose revealed that there used many strategies used by BNN to eradicate narcotics, namely the soft power approach, hard power approach, smart power approach, and cooperation strategy. From these several strategies, BNN continues to prioritize options for taking preventive action.
"We prioritize soft power over the hard power approach. We will be more on how to save it with programs that touch the grassroots," said Police Commissioner General Petrus Reinhard Golose.
Regarding the dominant narcotics in Indonesia, marijuana is recorded as still dominating among other types of narcotics. However, the existence of other new types of narcotics is also a serious concern for all parties.
"The narcotics in Indonesia that enter the most are methamphetamine, then marijuana, but overall the most users are cannabis sativa (marijuana), then methamphetamine or crystal, but we will also anticipate the entry of heroin and cocaine," he explained.
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