Illegal drug users must provide full and accurate information about the source of the drug.

Illegal drug users must provide complete and accurate information about the source of the drugs and their illegal drug use to the police at the commune level where they reside.

Minister of Public Security Luong Tam Quang - Photo: GIA HAN

That is one of the notable regulations proposed in the draft Law on Drug Prevention and Control (amended) presented by Minister of Public Security Luong Tam Quang, authorized by the Prime Minister, to the National Assembly on the morning of November 11.

According to Mr. Quang, in recent times, the Party and State have had many policies and solutions to direct the drastic implementation, strengthening and improving the effectiveness of drug prevention, control and combat, ensuring continuity between supply reduction and demand reduction activities in drug prevention and combat, fundamentally and effectively changing drug addiction rehabilitation work.

In addition, implementing the directives of competent authorities, the task of state management of drug addiction treatment and post-treatment management has been transferred from the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs to the Ministry of Public Security.

Therefore, it is necessary to amend and supplement legal documents to institutionalize the new guiding viewpoints of the Party and State and to comply with the changes of the agency in charge of managing this work.

Mr. Quang also said that the process of organizing the implementation of the Law on Drug Prevention and Control in recent years has revealed certain difficulties and problems and has given rise to new issues that need to be amended and supplemented to overcome, resolve and improve the effectiveness of state management of drug addiction treatment and post-treatment management in practice.

Notably, the bill stipulates the responsibility of illegal drug users to provide complete and accurate information about the source of the drugs and their illegal drug use to the police at the commune level where they reside.

Comply with the management of the People's Committee and the commune police.

Also according to the bill, managing illegal drug users is a preventive measure to help illegal drug users not continue to use illegal drugs, preventing their illegal acts.

Management of illegal drug users is not an administrative measure.

The draft law stipulates that the term for managing illegal drug users is one year from the date of the management decision. The People's Committee at the commune level shall manage illegal drug users in the locality.

Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee for Culture and Society Nguyen Dac Vinh - Photo: GIA HAN

Presenting the review, Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee on Culture and Society Nguyen Dac Vinh said that regarding the time limit and process of drug addiction treatment, the agency in charge of drafting the proposal to increase the time limit for drug addiction treatment contributes to improving the quality of drug addiction treatment work.

On this issue, the majority of the Committee's opinions agree with the regulation on increasing the duration of drug addiction treatment. However, it is recommended that more appropriate regulations on the duration of drug addiction treatment should be studied, especially for first-time drug addicts and drug addicts who are raising young children. The duration of drug addiction treatment should be shorter or stipulated to not exceed 24 months for first-time drug addicts and not exceed 36 months for second-time drug addicts and onwards.

On the other hand, there are opinions suggesting to study regulations on drug addiction treatment duration in the direction that for subjects of compulsory drug addiction treatment, the implementation duration is as prescribed in the draft law; for subjects of voluntary drug addiction treatment at home and in the community, it is necessary to prescribe appropriate duration.

Regarding voluntary drug addiction treatment at home and in the community, the Committee recommends continuing to study and include provisions in the draft law to ensure principles and comprehensiveness regarding conditions of facilities, human resources, prices of drug addiction treatment services, authority and responsibilities of organizations and individuals in providing drug addiction treatment services, etc., and at the same time specify these provisions in guiding documents.

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