Social Immunity Not to Use Drugs on Youth (Case Study of the Marind and MUYU Tribes in The Border Region of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea)

Abstract

Marind and Muyu tribe are tribes that are still very thick with their cultural values and still have blood ties
or family ties with the tribes or villages in the surrounding areas of Papua New Guinea, where these villages
are still rarely touched by modernity. However, among teenagers, it was found that they often brought
cannabis into Indonesian territory. This study aims to look for concepts and relationships between concepts
related to family security of the Marind and Muyu ethnic groups not to use drugs and to find a picture of
the socio-cultural value system of the two tribes in protecting adolescents against drugs. The design used
is qualitative research with a case study approach. This research was conducted in Sota sub-district, Sota
District, Merauke Regency in July - August 2017. Data collection was carried out by interview, observation
and document review. Research informants are adolescents who are not narcotics, adolescent drug users,
parents and other community leaders. Analysis of the data used is qualitative data analysis and triangulation
to ensure the validity of the findings. The results showed that empirically teenagers did not become drug
users because of the mother’s message. The emotional closeness of adolescents with the mother at home
naturally flows into the superstructure. Although some teenagers who are not narcotics are friends with
narcotics, they do not use drugs because it can make parents embarrassed and excluded from the community
life in Merauke Regency.