Thelaw comprises eight chapters and 55 articles.
Itspecifies regulations on drug prevention and control, the management of peopleusing drugs illegally, detoxification, the responsibility of individuals,families, offices and organisations in drug prevention and control, and Statemanagement and international cooperation in the issue.
Compared tothe 2000 Law on Drug Prevention and Control (revised in 2008), it regulates moreforbidden behaviours, supplements regulations on the control of drug precursors, andspecifies cases requiring drug tests, among others.
Notably,the 2021 law contains specific regulations on the compilation of dossiers in order to send drug addicts aged from full 12 to under 18 to compulsory detoxification establishments.
The lawwill become effective on January 1, 2022./.