Sepetang di DiC

Perkhabaran yang diterima dari Dr Samsul mengejutkan seluruh warga 13th Legacy. Yang tertidur, terus terjaga. Yang ketawa, terus terdiam. Yang senyap, terus diam seribu bahasa. Memori sepanjang Y1B4  (Pulic Health and Family Medicine) kembali menjengah ruang fikiran masing-masing.

Mini research kembali lagi. Kali ni melalui Islamic Input for Medical Program (IIMP) yang menggantikan Islamic Reveal Knowledge (IRK). Kesemua 4 group mini research perlu membuat survey di 4 tempat yang berbeza. Group 3 ditugaskan menjalankan survey di Drug Intervention Community (DiC) berhampiran Terminal Makmur.

Pada mulanya aku teragak-agak untuk ikut serta turun ke DiC. Pelbagai stigma muncul di fikiranku. Namun, kukira ini adalah peluang keemasan untuk aku bertemu secara langsung dengan penagih. Sekurang-kurangnya ini adalah pendedahan pertama aku bersama dengan golongan ini.

Inilah laporan client DiC yang sempat di temu ramah.

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Name: Z

Background:

Educational background, he only manages to finish his secondary school until SRP (now, known as PMR). He told us that, it was not because his family cannot support the school fees, but he lost his interest to study after he became part time worker (followed the elderly as fisherman) and  starts to hold own money, even though at school he can be categorized as a clever student, being in ‘Perdagangan asas’ course.

He starts smoking when he was 12 and starting on that time, at last, he got involved in drug which is “ganja”. He denied peer influence drag him to do that. He also admits of drinking alcohol. It is easy to get alcohol in his town. Previously, he had tried on stop smoking. He succeeds but it only remains about one and a half year. Asking why, he just say, ‘tah la,..tak boleh..’.

On the day of interview, he was actually on his first day of being freed from jail. This is not his first time being jailed. All the punishments are due to a same reason, drug. He also has been jailed in Thailand when try to illegally bring in the drug to our country. Asking about what he wants to do after this, he told us that he will go back to his village, visit his mother’s grave and try to find job. He is actually a skilful person, having skills of building house, piping and wiring. He also shared about his worried feeling about other people’s perception on him, his father, the siblings and villagers because, before this he had experienced being isolated by them due to his status as a drug addict. He also scared of risk of not being able to get any job as people are losing their trust on him or taking advantage on his self. But, he already plans to refer back to DIC Kuantan if he got problem in finding job by his own at hometown.

He also shared about his experience being in jail (latest punishment, a year). Being in there, he was thought only a little about religion. From what we can see, he is actually in the process of being better person, as he admit what he has done were wrong and he does not want to end his life as a bad person. He also noted that he knows the importance of solat and is trying to solat consistently. He also has been joined tabligh and went to tabligh base at Kubang Bujuk, Terengganu long time ago.

He does not blame people of having negative thinking towards him because he realizes that he was the one who take advantages on believe and chance that already given by people around previously. But now, to start a new better life, what he really need are support and chance from his siblings and community. Asking whose support is more important either family or community in order to be a better person, he said both supports are important.

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Kesimpulannya, masyarakat perlu berganding bahu untuk membantu bekas-bekas penagih untuk kembali ke pangkal jalan. Buang segala stigma bahawa bekas penagih adalah seorang yang jahat. Bantulah mereka. Tolonglah mereka. Kerana dalam hati mereka masih terbit sekelumit keinginan untuk menjadi manusia yang berguna. Yang mampu menyumbang kepada masyarakat. Sayangilah mereka kerana mereka juga adalah saudara kita.

~Sekadar Contengan~