The Needle and the Damage Done
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Despite the government’s ‘war on drugs’, since 2006 substance abuse has risen almost six-fold and has seen a correlating spike in human rights abuses and social discrimination against drug users nationwide.
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MERRY Christina was 26 years old when she and her boyfriend were arrested by police while injecting heroin in a South Jakarta slum. Taken to the district police station, the officers cut Merry a deal: She could have her drugs back and leave the prison without charge if she agreed to “service them sexually”. Facing serious jail time, and struggling against the temptations of a decade-long addiction, Merry was left with little choice.
While he
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