Improving the effectiveness of drug addiction treatment and post-treatment management

The Provincial People's Committee requires strengthening the effectiveness and efficiency of leadership, management and administration of authorities at all levels to promote the role and responsibility of departments, branches, organizations, the political system and create consensus for the entire population to participate in.drug rehabilitationand post-drug addiction management in Nghe An province.

The process of implementing drug addiction treatment and post-treatment management must be associated with the contents of drug prevention and control work in general and integrated with local economic and social development programs to maximize the effectiveness of resources for this work.

The Provincial Youth Union and the Provincial Youth Union organized the program "Lighting up the future faith" for drug addicts at Phuc Son voluntary drug rehabilitation center (Anh Son). Photo: Thanh Quynh

The specific goals set by the Provincial People's Committee for drug addiction treatment and post-treatment management include:
-80% or more of addicts with control records or currently present in the locality are organized with appropriate forms of drug addiction treatment or participate in opiate treatment programs with the alternative drugs Methadone and Buprenorphine.
- Achieve 100% of the drug addiction treatment target by 2022. Gradually control the number of new drug addicts and increase the rate of drug addicts successfully detoxifying.
- 80% of compulsory drug addiction treatment targets at drug addiction treatment facilities, 40% of drug addicts in families and communities are trained in vocational skills; continue to increase the number of drug addicts after treatment who are able to borrow capital to create jobs according to the law.
-Strive to increase the scale of admission of drug rehabilitation facilities according to the approved roadmap of the Conversion Project of drug rehabilitation facilities.
-100% of officials working in drug addiction treatment in communes, wards, towns and drug addiction treatment facilities are trained to improve their capacity in drug addiction treatment and post-treatment management.
- 100% of drug addicts undergoing rehabilitation at drug rehabilitation facilities are educated on drug prevention laws, especially drug rehabilitation and post-rehabilitation management; 100% of drug addicts who have been rehabilitated and reintegrated into the community are given post-rehabilitation management.
- Conduct a review and assessment of organizations and individuals qualified to provide voluntary drug addiction treatment services at home and in the community according to the provisions of the 2021 Law on Drug Prevention and Control and Decree No. 116/2021/ND-CP dated December 21, 2021 of the Government to have appropriate and effective implementation plans.

Discussion on the topic "Lighting up faith in life" with students at Phuc Son Voluntary Drug Rehabilitation Center (Anh Son). Photo: Thanh Quynh

To achieve this goal, the Provincial People's Committee assigns specific tasks to departments, branches, sectors and localities: to effectively carry out drug addiction treatment and post-rehabilitation management according to the new provisions of the Law on Drug Prevention and Control, the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations, Decree No. 116/2021/ND-CP dated December 21, 2021 of the Government detailing a number of articles of the Law on Drug Prevention and Control, the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations on Drug Addiction Treatment and Post-rehabilitation Management and guiding documents for implementation, especially drug addiction treatment targets.

Regularly direct, inspect, supervise and guide the implementation of drug addiction treatment and post-rehabilitation management; combine with assessment, preliminary and final summaries to draw lessons, promptly remove difficulties and obstacles for localities and units in the process of implementing tasks.

Teaching fine art carpentry to drug addicts at the Education - Labor - Social Center of Tuong Duong district. Photo courtesy

Strengthening propaganda work on drug prevention in general and drug addiction treatment and post-treatment management in particular in communes, wards, towns, schools, enterprises and drug addiction treatment facilities in the province... Focusing on communication for key areas with complicated drug problems, high-risk subjects, especially students in schools and workers in enterprises.

Propagating and disseminating the Party's policies and central and provincial laws on drug prevention and control, drug addiction treatment and post-rehabilitation management, especially new regulations in the Law on Drug Prevention and Control, the Law on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on handling administrative violations and Decree No. 116/2021/ND-CP dated December 21, 2021 of the Government detailing a number of articles of the Law on Drug Prevention and Control, the Law on Handling Administrative Violations on Drug Addiction Treatment and Post-rehabilitation Management and other implementing documents.

Injection of detoxification drugs for synthetic drug addicts at Vinh City Labor and Social Affairs Center. Photo: Document

Propaganda and mobilization of drug addicts and families with drug addicts to voluntarily declare their addiction status and voluntarily register for appropriate drug addiction treatment; support and help drug addicts and families with drug addicts understand the benefits of drug addiction treatment as well as access appropriate drug addiction treatment methods.

The Provincial People's Committee also requested the Steering Committee for Crime Prevention and Control, Social Evils and Building a Movement for the Whole People to Protect National Security in districts, cities and towns to direct the District Police, relevant departments and offices, and People's Committees of communes, wards and towns to closely coordinate in the work of compiling records for sending drug addicts to compulsory drug rehabilitation. Effectively organize drug rehabilitation at home and in the community according to the provisions of Decree No. 116/2021/ND-CP dated December 21, 2021 of the Government, and encourage drug addicts to register for voluntary drug rehabilitation at home and in the community.

Improve the effectiveness of education and awareness raising to change the behavior of drug addicts after rehabilitation, prevent and combat relapse; improve the quality of vocational training for drug addicts at rehabilitation facilities and in the community based on the needs, health and qualifications of drug addicts after rehabilitation. Organize therapeutic labor for students in conjunction with vocational training.

Provide financial support for upgrading facilities, increasing the scale of reception and management of students, purchasing equipment for drug addiction treatment at drug addiction treatment facilities according to the approved Project to meet the needs.

Ensure security and order at rehabilitation facilities, prevent students from assaulting staff, causing disturbances, inciting, destroying facilities, or escaping in groups... to improve the effectiveness of Covid-19 prevention and control at rehabilitation facilities.

The Provincial Youth Union and the Provincial Youth Union presented 20 gifts to students who have performed well at the Phuc Son Voluntary Drug Rehabilitation Center (Anh Son). Photo: Thanh Quynh

Direct districts, cities and towns to do a good job of post-rehabilitation management, ensuring that 100% of people who have been rehabilitated at facilities and returned to the community are managed at their place of residence; promote vocational training, job creation for post-rehabilitation people to stabilize their lives, and minimize the rate of relapse.

Open training courses to improve knowledge and skills in treatment, rehabilitation and post-rehabilitation management for officials, civil servants and public employees working in drug rehabilitation at local levels and drug rehabilitation facilities.

Periodically organize inspections and assessments of drug rehabilitation and post-rehabilitation management at drug rehabilitation facilities and localities, thereby promptly removing difficulties and obstacles in the process of implementing rehabilitation tasks.

Gia Huy