Frequency of zikir (remembrance to Allah) in drug rehabilitation process among Malay society by Adam, Fadzli, Wan Ahmad, Wan Ibrahim, Abd. Fatah, Sudirman

“…Drug rehabilitation process has experienced significant transformation from traditional and spiritual approaches to modern and technology based methods.Statistically, numbers of drug addicts, type of drug used and the starting age of using drug among the youths have shown a serious and worrying phenomenon.This study, therefore, seeks to analyze varying frequency of zikir (remembrance to Allah) practice either jahar (aloud) or khafi (silent) of the former drug addicts and a group of relapse.A total of 60 respondents, 30 persons are former drug addicts in Terengganu and another 30 persons are relapsed drug addicts who are on rehabilitation process at the Pondok Remaja Inabah (PRI) Kedah and Terengganu, were involved in this study.Besides, there were also 10 key informants.Data were collected using structured interviews and analyzed using triangulation methods.The results showed a significant difference between the two groups in relation to the frequency of zikir practice.The study found that frequency of zikir among the former drug addicts was higher than of the relapse. …”
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Drug rehabilitation treatment: The consistency practice of remembrance to Allah (Zikir) among drug addicts in Malaysia by Adam, Fadzli, Wan Ahmad, Wan Ibrahim, Anuar, Marhana Mohammed, Ab. Rahman, Asyraf

“…Various forms of treatment and rehabilitation, either traditional or spiritual, introduced to solve the problem of drug addiction among the youths in Malaysia.Remembrance to Allah (zikir) has been identified to give a positive effect in the drug rehabilitation process.This study aims to analyze the consistency levels of remembrance to Allah either aloud (jahar) and silent (khafi) remembrance between former drug addicts and relapse in the process of drug rehabilitation treatment in Malaysia.The data of the study is collected through quantitative and qualitative methods.A total of 60 people, 30 people are former addicts in Terengganu and 30 people are relapsed drug addicts under rehabilitation at Pondok Remaja Inabah rehabilitation centre (PRI) in Kedah and Terengganu, Malaysia are chosen as the respondent for survey procedure.In addition, there are also 10 key informants selected from these respondents for in depth interview procedure.Survey and structured interview data are analyzed using triangulation methods.The results show significant difference between the two groups in relation to consistency practice of remembrance to Allah. …”
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Differences in self-esteem and personality profile of recovering drug addicts, residents of a TC drug rehabilitation program and government drug treatment program by Mohamed, Mahmood Nazar

“…Two types of treatment facilities are involved, that is the Serenti government drug rehabilitation center and Pengasih House, an NG0 that employed therapeutic community (TC) approach to rehabilitate persons addicted to drugs. …”
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Drug abuse's RM8 billion toll on govt: Staggering cost: PM laments revenue loss by Abas, Azura

“…THE government has had to fork out huge amounts of money to fight drug abuse, with a survey conducted in 2009 revealing that a staggering RM8.65 billion was used solely for this purpose.Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said based on Universiti Utara Malaysia's report on the economic impact of drug abuse, the government had to spend huge amounts on direct expenditure, covering enforcement and drug rehabilitation programmes as well as indirect cost covering health treatment, lost productivity and crime related costs involving 63,884 drug addicts.…”
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Keberkesanan program kaunseling rawatan dan pemulihan dadah dari perspektif penghuni Pusat Serenti by Ahmad, Zulkhairi, Mohamed, Mahmood Nazar

“…The aim of this study is to evaluate the perception of residents who were currently undergoing the drug rehabilitation programme at the Serenti Centre regarding the effectiveness of the counselling sessions that were offerred to them. …”
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Undang-undang rawatan dan pemulihan dadah dari sudut pandangan global: Suatu perbandingan by Ahmad, Rusniah, Khalil, Samihah, Abdullah, Siti Alida John, A. Rahman, Aspallela, Md Isa @ Yusuff, Yusramizza, Azrae, Ahmad Nasyran, Mohd Shariff, Roos Niza

“…Viewed from the aspects of entrance into drug rehabilitation centers and arrests made on drug related offences, the problems pertaining to drug abuse and addiction has attracted the attention of authorities everywhere and many national legislative bodies have taken steps by passing legislation in the aspects of drug treatment and rehabilitation in a bid to address this social illness. …”
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Drug substitution therapy: Success and limitations of the methadone and buphrenorphine maintenance programmes by Mohamed, Mahmood Nazar, Kasa, Muhamad Dzahir

“…Due to the severity of its drug problem, the Malaysian Government has allocated significant resources to rehabilitate drug addicts, which includes institutional drug rehabilitation and community care, all of which are mandated by the law for drug abusers charged under Section 6 (1) APD. …”
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