Why Many Malays Take Drugs

There is an article that appeared in yesterday's (27th October 2009) KOSMO paper on page 12 titled "Gagal didik anak dengan cara betul punca ramai Melayu menagih dadah".

Associate Professor Dr Samsilah Ruslan , a lecturer in Educational Psychology from the Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Pertanian Malaysia informed the paper of the findings of a survey done by the faculty to find out why Malays youth involve in drugs taking. Her findings were as follows:

1. The failure of Malay parents to educate their children in a proper way.
2. They have low parenting skills.
3. The parents pampered their children too much.
3. The parents always have the guilt feeling if they could not fulfill what their children want.
4. Most of the youth who are involved in drugs came from lower income group.
5. The youths are mostly lowly educated, either completed PMR or SPM.