Taking a new approach to the war on drugs, Universiti Sains Malaysia students have teamed up with the National Anti-Drugs Agency (AADK) in a campaign to combat the stigma against addiction survivors.

The “See Wider, Think Deeper” campaign which launched on social media on Nov 12, seeks to generate empathy towards survivors of drug addiction, the organisers said.

“The war on drugs is a global battle that we are still fighting to this very day… it is a war that cannot be won by brute force...