Implementation of Rehabilitation Services in the National Narcotics Agency of South Sulawesi Province

Abstract

In terms of quantity of drug users each year has increased significantly, the prevalence of drug abuse in South Sulawesi in 2008 amounted to 1.80% (103,849 people) and increased to 2.04% (121,773 people) in 2010, even estimated to increase to 2.08% (125,730 people) by the end of 2011. The increasing trend of prevalence of drug users in Makassar every year continues to increase. Makassar City is still the highest city of drug users or about 33 percent of the total number of users in South Sulawesi Province. Therefore, more serious and systematic efforts to prevent and control drug users are needed. And the series of efforts can only be done well if supported by the efforts of the implementation of national policies and strategies for the prevention of drugs in the field of Rehabilitation organized by various government agencies and one of them is the National Narcotics Agency of South Sulawesi Province. This study aims to reveal how the implementation of drug rehabilitation services users. This research uses qualitative research method. Data collection was done in three ways, namely interview, observation and documentation study. The results of this study indicate that the implementation of rehabilitation services in the National Narcotics Agency of South Sulawesi Province has been running well although as many as 801 clients registered following the rehabilitation process, only 766 clients (95.6%) declared successful completion of rehabilitation program (recovered), and as many as 35 clients did not complete the rehabilitation process due to leaving the rehabilitation institution.