TOWARD THE BEST STRATEGY IN MINIMIZING THE SPREAD OF DRUG USERS

Author

1. Mochamad Soelton
2. Tati Nugrahati
3. Yanto Ramli
4.  Dudi Permana
5. Deden Kurniawan

Abstract

This theme aimed to minimize the spread of Narcotics users at the student level, in the data of the National Narcotics Agency (BNN), cases of drug use by the drug users up to March 2018 amounted to 6.4 Million. The data is alarming because along with the increase in drug cases (especially among the young people and the children). The spread of drugs is easy because the elementary school children have also started trying to smoke cigarettes. Although the government in the Child Protection Act number 23 of 2002 in article 20, it has been stated that the State, the government, the community, the family, and the parents are obliged and responsible for the implementation of child protection (see more fully in the Child Protection Act). However, the child protection from drugs is still far from expectations. A lot of elementary school and junior high school age of children are also trapped in drugs; the drug addicts are generally  between the ages of 11 and 24. At the productive age or student age, the students who take drugs usually begin with their introduction to cigarettes. From this habit, their association continues to increase, especially when the students join with the people who have become the drug addicts. At the beginning they only try to use the drugs, but then they will depend on them. 

Keywords: Narcotics, student, government 

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

The basic understanding of the meaning of drugs and their types and their impact on the younger generation as the hope of the nation and the state is very important and urgent. Narcotics are an abbreviation of the narcotics, the psychotropic substances, and the addictive substances. Drugs are medicine, the ingredients, the substances that are drunk / smoked / swallowed, or injected and it can cause dependence and affect the work of the brain, as well as the vital functions of other organs (the heart, the blood circulation, the breathing, etc.) Narcotics are substances or drugs derived from plants or non-plants, both synthetic and semisynthetic which cause a decrease or change in consciousness and eliminate or reduce the pain and they can cause dependence (Law No.27 / 1997) Meanwhile, according to WHO what is meant by the definition of this drug definition is a substance which, if inserted into the body, will affect physical and / or psychological function (except food, water, or oxygen). The danger of drugs for the addicts (young generation) is very much and if it is not immediately stopped the habit of consuming drugs, this will worsen the health status of the users themselves slowly but surely, and certainly it can endanger the survival of this nation in the future. Youth as a generation that is expected to be the nation's successor, the more fragile the day is undermined by the addictive substances of neurological destruction, so that the young man cannot think clearly. As a result, the generation of hope for a strong and intelligent nation will only remain a memory. The target age of drug users is the student age, which ranges from 11 to 24 years. This indicates that the dangers of drugs can target our students at any time. The effects of drug use can be in various forms, including the following: 1) Causing a decrease or even change in consciousness, 2) Eliminating the senses, 3) Reducing to relieve pain, 4) Adding dependency / addiction. The greatest danger of drugs for health is the effect of the drug dependence itself. Because with the bad effects caused to drug addicts is the desire to always use it repeatedly. The values of life that are given are the character and the good character building programs that are integrated with the entire learning process of the students, starting from their home, their school, their extra-curricular activities, their social activities, and other self-development activities. The value education will perfect the formal education of the students get through the transfer of the knowledge and the skills in school. 

It is increasingly recognized that the transfer of knowledge and skills for the students without prioritizing value transfer will only give birth to the students who are skillfully cognitive and skillful, but their fundamental weaknesses in interpreting and applying life values, including: the importance of respect for the parents and the teachers, respect for older people, the discipline, the enthusiasm for learning, the identity, the future vision, the achievement motivation, the cooperation, the willingness to help others, the self-integrity, and a number of other positive characters needed for success. In building a value-based school culture that is the central mission of the education at this time, various approaches to character and character education are needed, both with those that are integrated with the student learning curriculum and with the specific approaches that are given with certain methods. Specific approaches with certain methods are carried out in the form of training using the experiential learning methods. This motivational seminar given to SMK PGRI 5 Pegadungan, Kalideres, West Jakarta students was a stimulus, and became meaningful when the students who took part in the training were committed to practicing it in the study and the daily life. Therefore, this value training was designed in such a way as to help students who were trained to have a strong reflective attitude from every action in the learning process experienced, both at school, in the family, in the social environment, in the community, within the nation, and the country. This value building training in the character building used a heroic leadership approach based on the four pillars, namely: self-awareness, responsiveness, love, and a burning spirit.   

CONCLUSION 

From all stages of the community service activities that have been carried out, it can be concluded that the activities of exposure, counseling, introduction to the danger of the Nafza have an impact on the alertness of all teachers, parents, and most importantly all students in recognizing the early negative influences and the dangers in the Nafza. Another important thing really requires a form of cooperation, commitment, and consistency in every order of the nation's elements, both in the personal, institutional, and social order. Matters to prevent the drug use include never try at any level, with any type, and under any reasons, look for safe relationships, in a safe place with safe people, and at a safe time, get sincere affection from the family by caring for one another, loving one another, and needing each other. Develop this affection for your relatives, close friends, and other friends, beware of anyone by living in a reasonable life. Say NO to Drugs, and bring yourself closer to the God Almighty by diligently carrying out the worship and asking strengths for Him. Without the power of the God, humans are full of weaknesses. Illegal drugs are not the right answers to all problems, and on the contrary, they will cause a much bigger problem. Drug users are people who experience a large loss and they may end in death. The best action to overcome the danger of drugs is to prevent the involvement with the drug itself because the prevention is far better than the treatment.

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