[Reader Submission] Expanding Drug Distribution in Rural Areas Requires Everyone's Attention

Yang Yujin, Administrative Division, Sinan Police Station

Drug addiction changes brain chemistry, destroys physical and mental health, and consequently leads to various negative outcomes such as the breakdown of family relationships, socio-economic problems, and the occurrence of crime.

The drug issue has emerged as one of the serious challenges in modern society, and the severity and destructive power of drug addiction are no exception even in rural and fishing villages.

Rural and fishing village areas face difficulties in crop harvesting and farming work without foreign workers, which leads to a decrease in agricultural production and negatively impacts the local economy.

Even in rural and fishing village areas once considered peaceful and safe, drug problems are showing serious patterns.

Recently, a Thai national arrested by the Jeonnam Provincial Police Agency acted as a distributor in the Honam region, purchasing Yaba wholesale from drug dealers in their home country and distributing it domestically, which then flowed to Thai users working in rural and fishing village areas.

The issue of drug use among foreign workers cannot be simply dismissed as their own problem. Even residents living in rural and fishing village areas, who generally feel relatively safe from crime, begin to feel uneasy about public safety due to the presence of foreign workers gathered around stores they frequently visit.

Furthermore, drug distribution among foreign workers can lead to serious crimes such as group assaults or even murder, and drugs casually handed over to rural residents can escalate into drug addiction.

Police stations in rural and fishing village areas lack specialized personnel to investigate drug crimes and find it difficult to even grasp the extent of drug distribution. Therefore, it is necessary to actively participate in preventing the expansion of drug distribution through foreigners in rural and fishing village areas.

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