A 12-year-old was arrested for drug abuse in 2025 — the youngest that year — the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) revealed in a press release on Tuesday (Feb 10).This 12-year-old was among 177 local drug abusers under the age of 20 nabbed by CNB, with 163 of them being new drug abusers.In its annual statistics report released on Feb 10, CNB director Sebastian Tan stated that the youth drug problem in Singapore remains a concern. «Half of the new drug abusers arrested were below 30 years old,» he said, with statistics showing that 583 of the 1,165 new drug abusers arrested in 2025 were in that age range.Additionally, the proportion of female drug abusers increased from 15 per cent in 2024 to 19 per cent in 2025, with one in four new drug abusers arrested being female.Methamphetamine most commonly abused drugThe report also showed that methamphetamine, or Ice, continued to be the most commonly abused drug last year, followed by heroin and cannabis. Among new drug abusers, 72 per cent abused methamphetamine, 15 per cent abused cannabis, while the remaining abused drugs such as ketamine and heroin. Read more