On the afternoon of November 13, the National Assembly discussed in the hall the Investment Policy of the National Target Program on Drug Prevention and Control until 2030.
Delegate Tran Van Sau (Dong Thap Delegation) said that currently there are 110 drug rehabilitation facilities nationwide, of which 97 are public facilities.
According to the delegates, most public facilities are overloaded and seriously degraded. The risk of camps breaking up and destroying camps is looming; in fact, it has happened many times, affecting social security and order.
According to delegate Tran Van Sau, when surveying some rehabilitation facilities, the delegate found that the treatment of officials and employees working in these places was not commensurate with the requirements and tasks of the job. Therefore, it was not possible to attract people to work long-term, especially medical staff and doctors. This caused difficulties for rehabilitation work.
Delegate Tran Van Sau proposed that the Government should prioritize supporting localities in upgrading, repairing, building new, and supplementing equipment according to drug prevention regulations.
The delegate pointed out that there is a situation where drug addicts register for drug rehabilitation but there is no facility to receive them because there is no place to provide drug rehabilitation services at home or in the community, while public drug rehabilitation facilities are overloaded and have temporarily stopped accepting voluntary drug rehabilitation.
According to the delegate, drug addiction treatment at home and in the community is a difficult task, but it is an important solution to avoid overload in public rehabilitation facilities. Therefore, attention is needed; it is necessary to summarize, focus on direction, especially to remove obstacles in terms of facilities to meet practical requirements.
Delegate Nguyen Tien Nam (Quang Binh Delegation) said that drugs are a global problem, the cause of many crimes, and a problem for the whole society. The delegate emphasized that drugs are currently infiltrating schools, and if not resolutely prevented, future generations will suffer serious consequences.
The delegate cited statistics that over the past four years, the number of drug-related cases has increased by an average of 8% per year. Every year, new drugs are discovered, many of which are not on the list of drugs and precursors as prescribed.
Besides, with the development of science and technology, the methods and tricks of drug criminals are increasingly sophisticated and cunning, such as hiding under the guise of foods, drinks, electronic cigarettes, etc.
Therefore, delegates believe that the development and promulgation of a national target program on drug prevention and control by 2030 is an urgent and practical requirement.
However, according to the delegate, the total investment for the program of 22,450 billion VND is still a bit low, and it is possible to consider increasing the budget for the program.
