To date, they have provided assistance for about 11,000 people, with a relapse rate of just 30 percent, according to the Yunnan Drug Rehabilitation Administration. Compulsory treatmentLast month, about 207,000 addicts were undergoing compulsory treatment in drug rehabilitation centers across the country run by the judicial authorities, according to the Ministry of Justice. Jobless and lonely, he hung out with friends who were drug addicts and began using again. Cao Xuejun, director general of the Drug Rehabilitation Administration Department at the Ministry of Justice, said the follow-up programs were launched to facilitate addicts’ return to family life and society. “The aim of compulsory detoxification is to ensure that former addicts won’t take drugs again after returning to society.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 22, 2019 07:18 UTC