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Children now begin to smoke as early as age nine

In a low-income city in Wales, Merthyr Tyfdil, the average age adolescents begin smoking is 12. Weekly smoking is reported in 19% of boys aged 15 years, and 28% of girls aged 15 years in 2004. Many parents initiate their children into smoking, not only by being smokers themselves but also by giving their children cigarettes because they see it as funny and entertaining.

    Sign the petition to change Indonesia's Narcotics Law

    The Indonesian United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) has responded to the new Narcotics Law passed on the 15th of September by launching a petition to change the law. The petition states that the new Narcotics Law is a violation of basic human rights and constrains harm reduction efforts in the region.

     

      Indonesia’s life or death Drug Laws

      Submitted by annabloch on Wed, 16/09/2009 - 14:07

      On Monday 15 September 2009, the Indonesian Parliament voted in stricter drugs laws as part of the Government's efforts to toughen up their national "War on Drugs".

      The law maintains the death penalty for some drug offences and has criminalised drug addiction. Now, Indonesian parents must also be aware that they have committed a crime if they fail to notify the authorities of their drug addicted children.

        Not only IDUs who are vulnerable to HIV or hepatitis C, right?

        Submitted by ridotriawan on Thu, 03/09/2009 - 16:29

        Not only IDUs who are vulnerable to HIV or hepatitis C, right? Pre-congress meeting of people who use drugs (PUD) forum, ICAAP IX Rido Triawan The pre-congress meeting of people who use drugs (PUD) forum on ICAAP IX with a theme ‘reform: towards human rights based drug policy’ was held on August 8th 2009 in Sanur, Bali. More than 120 participants from at least 11 countries in Asia Pacific attended this meeting. They were from Indonesia, Thailand, India, Nepal, Australia, Myanmar, Philippine, Malaysia, Cambodia, China, and Japan.

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