KUALA LUMPUR, July 18 — The government tabled the Drug Dependants (Treatment and Rehabilitation) (Amendment) Bill 2024 for the first reading earlier this month, in a move experts...
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Human Rights Watch report accuses Hamas and allies of committing ‘hundreds’ of war crimes on October 7, sparking outrage and demands for apologyThe Drug Dependant Act 1983 outlines all matters related to what the government calls “rehabilitation” of people who use drugs — Reuters picKUALA LUMPUR, July 18 — The government tabled the Drug Dependants Bill 2024 for the first reading earlier this month, in a move experts had hoped would decriminalise drug use and treat addiction as a health issue.
The Act specifies the powers of the agency that oversees rehabilitation, the National Anti-Drug Agency , and the offences that would compel a person to undergo rehabilitation, usually through forced admission into state-operated rehabilitation centres.Past administrations, like most of regional peers, believed punishment was the best way to quash drug use and supply.
Medical experts have also pushed for drug use and addiction to be treated as a medical issue rather than criminal.The same experts expressed surprise with the Bill, saying it still favoured punishment over decriminalisation and harm reduction. Decriminalisation means diverting cases of substance use away from the criminal legal system and into the health system.
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