Preventing young people from becomingdrug addicts would be a priority in HCM City next year, director of theHCM City Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs Department Le ThanhTam told a recent conference in the city.
Tam told a recent conference on preventing prostitution and drugaddiction that this year the number of reported addicts in the cityincreased 25.16 percent from last year to 2,417.
Of the total, 757 were new addicts who were reported for the first time and 484 had relapsed, he said.
The rest or nearly half of the total came from other provinces andcities nationwide making policing complicated, he added.
Deputy head of the department’s Social Evils Prevention Division Le VanQuy said that only 27 out of 127 spots of prostitution and drug tradein the city were eliminated since the beginning of the year.
The management and support for former addicts reintegrated into societywas still weak, with more than 1,600 out of 2,200 detoxificated addictsleaving their localities and not reporting to local authorities.
Nearly 70 percent of rehabilitated addicts were assisted to find jobswith monthly incomes ranging from 800,000 VND to 2 million VND (44-110USD), yet most of the jobs were unstable.
Local authorities blamed the city’s limited budget for the inadequade support of addicts.
Quy said there wasn’t enough money allocated to projects to help formeraddicts stabilise their lives or enough subsidies paid to officials tosupervise the addicts after rehabilitation./.
Tam told a recent conference on preventing prostitution and drugaddiction that this year the number of reported addicts in the cityincreased 25.16 percent from last year to 2,417.
Of the total, 757 were new addicts who were reported for the first time and 484 had relapsed, he said.
The rest or nearly half of the total came from other provinces andcities nationwide making policing complicated, he added.
Deputy head of the department’s Social Evils Prevention Division Le VanQuy said that only 27 out of 127 spots of prostitution and drug tradein the city were eliminated since the beginning of the year.
The management and support for former addicts reintegrated into societywas still weak, with more than 1,600 out of 2,200 detoxificated addictsleaving their localities and not reporting to local authorities.
Nearly 70 percent of rehabilitated addicts were assisted to find jobswith monthly incomes ranging from 800,000 VND to 2 million VND (44-110USD), yet most of the jobs were unstable.
Local authorities blamed the city’s limited budget for the inadequade support of addicts.
Quy said there wasn’t enough money allocated to projects to help formeraddicts stabilise their lives or enough subsidies paid to officials tosupervise the addicts after rehabilitation./.
