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View all search resultsNorth Sumatra prepares bylaw on vape as it still tops drugs abuse
One of the crucial points in the proposed bylaw is the new method in drugs distribution using liquid for e-cigarette or vape.
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A man uses a 'vape' or e-cigarette on June 10, 2024, in Jakarta. (AFP/Bay Ismoyo)
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he North Sumatra Legislative Council should soon deliberate a provincial bylaw regulating the supervision of vapes or e-cigarette, which have been infused with drugs, as the province tops the national drug abuse rankings.
One of the crucial points in the bylaw is the new method in drug distribution using vape liquid, North Sumatra Governor Bobby Nasution said in his speech at the council’s plenary meeting to commemorate the province’s 78th anniversary on Wednesday.
“The distribution of vapes containing drugs is very fast, raising drugs abuse in North Sumatra to the first position nationally,” he said.
“For years, the province keeps the first place in drugs abuse. This is an extraordinary challenge.”
Bobby, the son-in-law of former president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, said there were many factors pointing to why North Sumatra has not been able to shake its first place in drug abuse, such as there were so many drug-smuggling entry points into the province.
He added that the drugs were mostly dominated by classical ones, such as sabu (methamphetamine) and ganja. Lately, however, a new type has emerged from vape.
“I want to ask everyone to make a policy, because this is not a new challenge. We want to fight this,” he said.
