Tuong Duong: Warning of "rejuvenation" of drug addicts
(Baonghean.vn) - After testing 20 students suspected of drug addiction at a school in the area, 10 students tested positive for drugs. That was the information presented at a meeting of the Provincial People's Council's Legal Committee on the afternoon of March 28 in Tuong Duong district.
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| The Provincial People's Council's Legal Committee worked with agencies in the internal affairs sector in Tuong Duong district on the afternoon of March 28. Photo: Minh Chi |
Difficulties in applying administrative handling
From January 2017 to February 2019, Tuong Duong District People's Court issued decisions to apply administrative measures at the Court against 635 drug addicts.
Of these, 611 subjects were subject to compulsory drug rehabilitation measures; 23 cases were subject to compulsory education measures; 1 subject was subject to a reformatory school. Through the application of these administrative measures, security and order in the district were maintained.
At the working session of the Provincial People's Council's Legal Committee on the afternoon of March 28 in Tuong Duong district according to the survey program on the application of administrative handling measures under the jurisdiction of the People's Court, representatives of the Court, the Procuracy and the District Police and a number of communes and towns in Tuong Duong district raised many difficulties and problems in the process of implementing the application of administrative handling measures at the Court.
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| Deputy Chief Justice Tran Van Lam pointed out difficulties and obstacles in the process of implementing administrative measures at the Court. Photo: Minh Chi |
Among them, the difficulties are due to the large and complicated area, the large number of addicts and the large total number of files created at the request of the police, the Procuracy, the communes, towns and the addicts' families; combined with the nature of addicts hiding in compulsory rehabilitation facilities, the delivery of the subjects is extremely difficult.
On the other hand, when communes and towns request to establish records to apply administrative measures to some subjects through testing with positive results for drugs, but after 48 hours of not using drugs, if tested, the results will be negative for drugs, so there is no basis to determine that the subject is addicted to implement administrative measures.
In addition, post-rehab management is not effective - this is one of the reasons why the current relapse rate is still very high, over 90%.
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| Deputy Chief of District Police Kha Van Hoi informed that after testing 20 students at a high school in the district, 10 students tested positive for drugs. Photo: Minh Chi |
"Rejuvenating" drug addicts
According to the report, there are currently 574 drug addicts under management in the district and the number of drug addicts is increasing.
What is alarming in Tuong Duong is the “younger” status of drug addicts; currently, there are addicts among high school and middle school students. After testing 20 students suspected of being addicted at a school in the area, 10 students tested positive for drugs.
Through the exchange of agencies under the district's internal affairs sector, members of the survey team of the Provincial People's Council's Legal Committee raised many issues related to whether the preparation of records, consideration, decision, and service of administrative measures to subjects at the People's Court have ensured scientificity or not.
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| A trial at the People's Court of Tuong Duong district. Photo: Minh Chi |
On the other hand, with the high rate of relapse after rehabilitation, it is necessary to study more effective rehabilitation measures and solutions to ensure that the goal of rehabilitation is to eliminate addiction and reintegrate into the community; consider the need to maintain the operation of the consulting team to assess and establish records to send drug addicts to compulsory rehabilitation facilities...
The survey team also requested all levels, sectors and agencies under the internal affairs sector of Tuong Duong district to study solutions and effective propaganda measures to curb the increase in drug addicts, especially among young people and students; along with that, there should be effective drug rehabilitation measures to help the subjects reintegrate into the community. At the same time, it is necessary to regularly update and grasp legal regulations so that the process of applying administrative measures at the People's Court is in accordance with regulations.
