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 tiesor family ties with the tribes or villages in the surrounding areas of Papua New Guinea, where these villagesare still rarely touched by modernity. However, among teenagers, it was found that they often broughtcannabis into Indonesian territory. This study aims to look for concepts and relationships between conceptsrelated to family security of the Marind and Muyu ethnic groups not to use drugs and to find a picture ofthe socio-cultural value system of the two tribes in protecting adolescents against drugs. The design usedis qualitative research with a case study approach. This research was conducted in Sota sub-district, SotaDistrict, Merauke Regency in July - August 2017. Data collection was carried out by interview, observationand 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 triangulationto ensure the validity of the findings. The results showed that empirically teenagers did not become drugusers because of the mother’s message. The emotional closeness of adolescents with the mother at homenaturally flows into the superstructure. Although some teenagers who are not narcotics are friends withnarcotics, they do not use drugs because it can make parents embarrassed and excluded from the communitylife in Merauke Regency.