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Drug addictions have become a global issue due to malpractices of drug consume. In Malaysia, the National Anti-Drug Agency or Agensi Antidadah Kebangsaan (AADK) becomes an important agency in eradicating drugs addiction through treatment and rehabilitation, prevention, enforcement, and security. The objective of this study was to identify the factors that could influenced the recovery of drug addictions, focusing on the ex-drug addicts which registered with AADK Kerian, Perak, Malaysia. This study highlighted on three major factors for recovery, which include self-development effort, physical pain, and spiritual programs. Direct questionnaires were given to the respondent in AADK Kerian with both physical questionnaire and online questionnaire. The results demonstrated that the self-development effort is the most influenced factors for the drug recovery since most of the respondent agreed that their own awareness to have self-changes have a significant influence on the lifestyle, emotional, awareness and getting well without taking the drug.
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In-Text Citation: (Noordinm et al., 2023)
To Cite this Article: Noordinm, N., Mohamad, M. A., Aziz, K. I. A., Zakaria, Z., & Sawal, M. Z. H. M. (2023). The Recovery Factors of Drug Addiction in Malaysia: A Case of Ex-Drug Addicts Registered with National Anti-Drug Agency. International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development, 13(2), 60–70.
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