Alibaug 'rehab centre' has no licence, experts to treat drug addicts
The founder of a de-addiction centre near Alibaug, where patients were kept in appalling conditions and "tortured", does not have a licence or a qualified medical team to run a rehab clinic, it emerged on Sunday. Addiction is considered a mental …
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Compulsory detention for drug use undermines treatment in Laos
But Lao's eight treatment-and-detention centres still operate based on a 2008 drug law that authorizes involuntary detention for drug users, who are effectively treated as criminals. As required by law, all the country's drug treatment centres are …
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