From Minister of Women, Family and Community Development, the statistic on Number of Drug Addict by State, from year 2000 to 2005.
| State |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
| Johor |
3,506 |
2,470 |
2,462 |
2,237 |
4,094 |
3,910 |
| Kedah |
1,716 |
1,747 |
3,965 |
4,593 |
3,444 |
2,606 |
| Kelantan |
2,740 |
2,699 |
2,825 |
3,625 |
3,516 |
2,514 |
| Melaka |
851 |
678 |
524 |
393 |
791 |
650 |
| N. Sembilan |
1,359 |
1,704 |
1,195 |
1,034 |
923 |
760 |
| Pulau Pinang |
5,731 |
6,201 |
6,214 |
6,685 |
5,976 |
6,403 |
| Pahang |
1,881 |
1,665 |
1,414 |
1,695 |
1,283 |
1,663 |
| Perak |
2,669 |
3,348 |
2,943 |
2,845 |
2,705 |
3,340 |
| Perlis |
128 |
192 |
405 |
511 |
447 |
318 |
| Sabah |
1,752 |
2,213 |
2,045 |
2,393 |
5,367 |
2,134 |
| Sarawak |
305 |
234 |
306 |
569 |
374 |
669 |
| Selangor |
3,461 |
3,908 |
3,698 |
3,509 |
3,090 |
2,562 |
| Terengganu |
951 |
1,791 |
1,059 |
724 |
706 |
356 |
| W.P.KL |
3,475 |
2,619 |
2,680 |
6,073 |
5,852 |
4,906 |
Penang has the highest number of drug addicts, on average of 6201 per year for the past 6 years. This is followed by Kuala Lumpur, 4268 drug addicts per year and Johor, 3113 pr year. On the other hand, Perlish, Sarawak and Melaka has low number of drug addicts. To make a meaningful comparison, the number of drug addicts will be normalized to population of each state, for year 2005 and as shown below:
State – Drug addicts per 10 000 population
Sarawak - 2.9
Trengganu - 3.5
Selangor - 5.4
Sabah - 7.3
Negeri Sembilan - 8.0
Melaka - 9.1
Pahang - 11.7
Johor - 12.6
Kedah - 14.1
Perlis - 14.2
Perak - 14.8
Kelantan - 16.7
Kuala Lumpur - 31.5
Penang - 43.6
Both big cities like Penang and Kuala Lumpur has higher number of drug addicts per population. However, it is also the more rural states like Kelantan and Perlis are ahead of many other states and falling behind Penang and KL, in terms of number of drug addicts per 10 000 population. Sarawak and Trengganu has the least number of drug addicts per population.
