According to information from the Traffic Police Department of Ho Chi Minh City Police, from the beginning of 2024 to now, the city's Traffic Police force has detected and recorded 2,017 cases of violations of "Driving a vehicle on the road while having drugs in the body".
Narcotic substances are addictive substances and psychotropic substances specified in the list of narcotic substances issued by the Government (Clause 1, Article 2 of the Law on Drug Prevention and Control 2021).
When drugs enter the human body, they change the state of consciousness and physiology, which can lead to addiction and thereby cause harm in many ways to society.
Driving in a state of excitement, the ability to control behavior is affected, easily causing traffic accidents, endangering the health and life of the driver as well as other traffic participants.
