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Good morning ladies and gentlemants.....

Thank for the chance that has been given to me!

My name is....

I·m representative.... the honorable, Mr......... and all the young generation that
present here.

Ladies and gentlements, thousands of young man have wasted their lives because
of illicit drugs in our country, Indonesia. They were mostly victims of a ¶cruel·
environment, a broken-home family, of ignorance, of curiosity or particularly of
the illegal drugs mafia.

It is estimated that around 4 million people in Indonesia illicit drug users ²

about one in every 50 in Indonesians. In the capital city of Jakarta, it is
estimated that three out of ten young people are users. A study by the
International Labo ur Organization (ILO) office in Indonesia showed that around
four percent of illicit drug users in the country are children under 17 years old.
Two out of ten users are involved in illicit trafficking. Some teenagers start
being involved in producing and t rafficking drugs between the ages of 13 and 15.
Chairman of the National Narcotics Coordinating Board said that the country·s
illicit drug users include around 7,000 junior high school students,over 10,000
senior high school students and about 800 elementa ry school students.

Ladies and Gentlemants

People usually take drugs to have fun or escape the pressures of life. Drug users
among students are particularly worrying. It was reported that a number of
traffickers operate around schools by cheating, forcing or giving free illicit
drugs to students. Once the students are addicted, they than go to the
traffickers to buy the illicit drugs. If they do what have money, they steal it
from their family members or others. Narkoba is the Indonesian term for
narcotics, psychotropic and addictive subtances. Psychotropic subtances
popularly called Ecstasy and Shabu -shabu are condisidered favorites among the
middle and upper class users. However, for an increasing number of young
people, the drugs of choice is low -grade heroin, known as putaw, but potentially
deadly. These drugs are readily available in all major urban areas, including
schools, karaoke lounges, bars, cafes, discotheques, nightclubs and they even
spread into remote villages there for it is not surprising tha t drug users
continue to increase from year to year.

Ladies and Gentlemants

The facts above showed us how familiar ´narkobaµ issues in our young
generation. First we should know what·s the meaning of drugs addiction? Drug
addiction is a complex brain disea se. It is caracterized by compulsive, at times
uncontrollable, drug craving, seeking, and use that persist even in the fa ce of
extremely negative consequences. Drug seeking becomes compulsive, in large
part as a result of the effects of prolonged drug use on brain functioning and,
thus, on behavior. For many people drug addiction becomes cronic, with relapses
possible even after long periods of abstinenc. The definition confirm us how
serious the consequences of using Drugs.

Ladies and Gentlemants

Drug abuse has also contributed to the increase of HIV/AIDS patients, through
the usage of unsterile injections. According to a report based on and illicit drug
and injection safety study of 20 Asian countries conducted by the Center for
Harm reduction in Australia·s Burnet Institute, drug injecting is spreading to all
the countries [of Asia] and it·s popularity is increasing. Our country, Indonesia
have up to 1 million drug injectors, and 19% of them were infected HIV/AIDS.
How Dangerous the drugs abuse for us.

Ladies and Gentlemants especially, the young generation

This is an extremely serious issue for us. It·s a threat that could kill entire
generation. One generation of this nation will be lost if we don·t take action
together and immediately. In short, we must be ready to go to war must start
from home.

Then, what can we do as the young generation? Prevention is better than cure.
AVOID the Drugs, don·t ever think to try just b·cos you curios. Because once
you try, you will be trapped and later become addicted, an the and the addiction
will finally turn you into criminals or take your lives. We have so many example
around us, what happened to the users. Some become crazy, some was going to
the jail and the others were died. All of them loose there future. I belie ve we
don·t want such things happened to our selves.

The young generation,

Now it·s time for us to say ¶NO· to drugs. It·s time for us to arrange our future.
It·s time for us to face the world with our abillity. It·s time for us to prove that
we can do something for our country, With The spirit of ¶Indonesian Awakening
Day·

THANK YOU..........................!!!!!!