Prisoners face long wait for drug–rehab services
Although drug offenders represent the single-largest category of prisoners in the burgeoning federal prison system, thousands wait months to begin drug education or rehabilitation because of staff shortages and limited resources, according to federal …
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Drug users call for humane rehabilitation services
The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, requires the government to establish, maintain and supervise centres for treatment, rehabilitation and aftercare of persons who are addicted to drugs. Indian Harm Reduction Network (IHRN) …
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Treatment, not jail, for drug users
Junior Attorney General for Supervision Marwan Effendy said the law required drug addicts and drug users to be sent to rehabilitation centers for medical treatment instead of being sent to jail. “This is different from Law No. 22/1997 on narcotics …
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