Jakarta – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has actually asked teens to use the internet wisely to combat the trafficking and abuse of drugs.
” During the COVID-19 pandemic, we still require to focus on using drugs amongst kids and adolescents,” he stated while joining an online talk program Protect Children from Substance Abuse from here on Friday.
Using technology amid the pandemic can impact kids’s advancement, he said. He argued that technology, specifically the web, can have a favorable and unfavorable impact on teenagers, particularly when it concerns social networks interactions.
” Teenagers do not just complete in offline media, but likewise in online, where there is no range and time frame. They can imitate and embrace routines, characters, trends, and ideologies through the media,” he noted.
Such broad disclosure of info can pose a substantial threat if teenagers are not prepared for the modifications and technological advancements, consisting of the influence of technology in the abuse of drugs, psychotropic substances, and other addictive substances, Sadikin stated.
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Psychiatrist from the Professors of Medicine, University of Indonesia (FKUI), Dr. Kristiana Siste Kurniasanti, said there are three factors that can lead to drug dependency. The first is the representative or the object itself, for example, the drugs or the internet, she stated.
” For instance, addiction to playing the internet, or more specifically, like playing online video games and (utilizing) social media,” Kurniasanti included.
The second is the private or the topic, and the third factor is the environment. “So, it has a triangular shape like this, all three have their respective roles,” stated Kurniasanti.
Another factor that can lead individuals to addiction is gain access to, she pointed out. Social network makes it easier for somebody to abuse drugs, she stated.
On the other hand, financial status, the relationship between parents and kids, peer pressure, ads, and government guidelines are likewise aspects that can add to drug abuse, she added.
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