Narcotics are actually chemical substance or drugs which can be used to cure certain
diseases. However, when narcotics are consumed not based on medical standards,
they can be destructive for individuals and society as a whole. Sintang Regency –
with an area of 21.386 m2 with high number of the spread of narcotics. This
geographical position makes it very easy too for narcotics dealers to bring all kinds of
illegal drugs to Sintang area. The fact that the spread of narcotics and other illegal
drugs in Sintang is very high has encouraged the writing of this research. The topic of
the research is “Efforts Of Sintang Police Area Headquarter To Prevent Abuse Of
Narcotics In Sintang Area”. The research question is How does the Sintang Police
tackle the problem of the abuse of narcotics in Sintang area which is under its
responsibility, and what are the obstacles the police is facing in their efforts to handle
this problem. The type of this research is a normative legal research. The result of the
research indicated that Sintang Police has taken preemtive, preventive and repressive
efforts in tackling the problem, and that in doing those efforts, the police faced
internal and external obstacles. This research suggests that Sintang Police should
develop special strategy and take more active and intensive preventive efforts to
tackle the problem of narcotics abuse in Sintang, in order to totally stop the abuse of
narcotics in the area.