The house is dilapidated, it seems that only a heavy rain and wind will fall, there is nothing valuable in the house but the old color TV is the living place of mother and daughter, Lo Thi Don, Ten Luong village, commune. Thanh An (Dien Bien district). In 2, Mr. Lo Van Chung, the only son of Mrs. Dian, listened to his friends' suggestions, leading to drug addiction. Since then, the family's economy has been declining, Mrs. Don's house belongs to a poor household in the commune, outside 2018 square meters.2 To grow rice and cassava, she had to borrow another 1.000m2 of land to grow corn. Sometimes in the village, someone hires her to do whatever she wants to earn extra income. Chung is young, but has a criminal record, is unmarried, has no job, even to have money to use drugs, Chung also sells all of the family's belongings.
Ms. Lo Thi Don confided: Since the day my child became addicted to drugs, the family's difficulties became even more difficult. Daily life worries about each meal but not enough to eat. Now my son like that is not helping the family at all. I can only encourage my son to try to get rid of drug addiction to rebuild his life.
Major Nguyen Xuan Hung, Thanh An Commune Police said: Currently, the commune is managing 102 drug addicts. Drug consequences are huge; Many drug addicts do not have money to steal and then sell their family's property for use. Families with addicts are almost always difficult and complicated in life; having to work as hired laborers, their children do not have money to pay for school, making life go round and round in poverty.
The family life of Ms. Lo Thi Ọm, Chieng Tong village, Thanh Yen commune (Dien Bien district) was also completely turned upside down by drugs. Her son is addicted to drugs and has sold all of the family's cattle and fields to buy drugs to use. Nearly 5 months ago, Mr. Lo Van Tien, her son Ọm was arrested by the police on charges of illegally possessing narcotics. Before that, Mr. Tien had served a 10-year prison sentence for illegal drug trafficking. Thought that, after a mistake, he would redo his life, but he still got used to the old way. There was also a time to self-medicate at home but failed. Mrs. Ọm is old, her husband died for more than 10 years, the family has 2 children, the son is addicted to drugs, falling into a prison road; her daughter went to work far away, the economy was also difficult and could not help her. Despite her advanced age and weak health, Mrs. Ọm still had to work as a hired worker to earn a living. When she was sick, no one took care of her.
Lieutenant Colonel Pham Quang Truong, Chief of Police of Thanh Yen Commune (Dien Bien District) said: Drug crimes have a great influence on psychology, ideology as well as socio-economic development of localities and households. Families are always in difficult conditions, usually poor and near-poor households. Commune police have cooperated with agencies and mass organizations of communes, villages and hamlets to improve the propaganda, dissemination and education of the law on drug crime prevention; concentrate forces to clear complex points about drugs; record management of drug addicts.
Dien Bien district has many hot spots and highlights about illegal trading and use of drugs, especially in communes: Na U, Thanh Yen, Muong Pon, Thanh An... The whole district has over 1.500 people. addiction to narcotics has a management record; nearly 740 subjects have just finished serving their prison sentences and have not yet had their criminal records cleared. Drugs have been and are causing many consequences for families and society; destroy the happiness of many families. More than ever, every citizen needs to raise their awareness of obeying the law, not trading, possessing and using drugs so that unfortunate consequences no longer occur.
