Increasing Adolescent Legal Awareness About Emergency Prevention Of Drugs Abuse In The Young Generation At The Al-Ma'un Shelter House, Bengkulu City

The spread of drugs is almost unavoidable. Nowadays, drug abuse has reached an alarming situation and has become a state problem. This situation is very concerning because the number of narcotics abuse victims in Indonesia has lately increased. In addition, its victims include the underprivileged community and involve children or young teenagers. It's worrying considering that they are the next generation in the nation. The AlMa'un Shelter House is an institution for fostering and assisting underprivileged children, especially street children in Bengkulu. The partner's issue was the lack of socialization on drug abuse prevention among the younger generation. It is essential to work together in protecting children from the harm of drugs. Thus, the community service team from Bengkulu University performed socialization or legal counselling on drug abuse prevention to increase legal awareness among the younger generations in Al-Ma'un Shelter House, Bengkulu. This community service activity used the lecture, discussion, and question and answer methods. During the Covid-19 Pandemic, the participants in this community service activity were 15-25 young generation (children and teenagers) in Al-Ma'un Shelter House. Socialization of drug abuse prevention was held on September 24, 2021, in Al-Ma'un Shelter House, Bengkulu. The participants showed enthusiasm for this activity. Drug abuse prevention socialization potentially increases knowledge and legal awareness among the young generations in Al-Ma'un Shelter House, Bengkulu. There should be more socialization or legal counselling from the government and law enforcement officials. In addition, the roles of parents in the family and educators in schools are also crucial.


INTRODUCTION
The problem of drug abuse needs attention from the Indonesian government and the international world.
Entering the 20th century, international attention to the problem of narcotics has increased, one of which through the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs in 1961 (Adi, 2009). Drugs are a critical and complex issue that must involve many parties because drugs are not just an individual problem but everyone's problem. Finding the right solution must involve and mobilize all parties, including the government, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and local communities. One of the efforts to overcome the dangers of drugs is to carry out a program focusing on school-age children (Pengadilan Negeri KarangAnyar Kelas II, 2015). In Indonesia, the development of drug addicts is overgrowing. Drug addicts generally come from various professional business circles. Primarily, any profession that consumes drugs begins by experimenting The data shows that most drug users are in the adolescent age group. Adolescence is a developmental phase between childhood and adulthood. It has an enormous desire to experiment, follow trends and lifestyles, and have fun. Although all these tendencies are natural, they have the potential to motivate teenagers into drugs use. Thus, the adolescent is at a strategic age in the distribution of drugs. Further, development in childhood and adolescence will affect life in adulthood.
The problem becomes even more severe when teenagers are infected and transmit HIV/AIDS because of using drugs through needles interchangeably. This situation will threaten the next generation in the nation.
Drug abuse prevention is not only the task of a group of people but our collective duty. Thus, it is necessary to perform efforts to prevent drug abuse from an early age by providing sufficient knowledge. (Masita, E. D., Isnaini, Y., & Lestari, P. C. A. 2021 )

General description
Al-Ma'un Shelter House is an institution for fostering and assisting underprivileged children, especially street children in Bengkulu. It was established based on the Decree of the Bengkulu Muhammadiyah Regional Leadership on January 30, 2016. However, it had previously been initiated in   shelter house is more intensive coaching and mentoring. In the future, Al-Ma'un Shelter House will enhance into a boarding school for underprivileged children, especially street children ( Masita, E. D., & Maimunah, S. 2018).

Problem
The partner's issue was the lack of socialization on drug abuse prevention among the younger generation in Al-Maun Shelter House, Bengkulu. It is essential to work together in protecting children from the harm of drugs. Children must comprehend the dangers of drugs and their negative consequences. The younger generation needs information, strategies, and abilities to prevent them from the dangers of drugs.

Target solution
The community service team from Bengkulu University performed socialization or legal counseling on drug abuse prevention to increase legal awareness among the younger generation in Al-Ma'un Shelter House, Bengkulu. This legal counseling was vital to prevent drug misuse among children and adolescents. The activity included: 1. Providing knowledge and increasing legal awareness in the younger generation regarding drug abuse prevention; 2. Giving understanding to the younger generation regarding the logical consequences of drugs misuse The goal was to increase public knowledge regarding drug abuse prevention through school-age education. The socialization included the negative aspects of drug misuse and legal sanctions for users and dealers, so there was a changed mindset in the younger generation. The practical benefit of this activity was a model for drug abuse prevention through school-age education. This socialization focused on providing a correct understanding of narcotics and illegal drug abuse among the younger generation.
In addition, the output of this community service was increased knowledge of drug abuse, its sanctions, and its prevention, especially in children and teenagers. (Fachry et al., 2017;Grazuleviciene et al., 2017) METHOD This method could explain to the partners about drug abuse, its causes and effects, its prevention, and law and regulations on Narcotics. In carrying out this lecture method, the speaker must avoid theoretical   Low ( total score 10 ) High (totla score 40) Awarness Low ( total score 10 ) High (totla score 30) Empowerment Low ( total score 15) High (totla score 25)

CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS
Drug abuse prevention socialization potentially increases knowledge and legal awareness among the young generations in Al-Ma'un Shelter House, Bengkulu. There should be more socialization or legal counseling from the government and law enforcement officials. In addition, the roles of parents in the family and educators in schools are also crucial.