Strengthening drug prevention and control

In 2021, the authorities of Hanoi city, in which the core sector is the Labor – Invalids and Social Affairs sector, will continue to strengthen drug prevention and control with many solutions.

An officer of the People’s Committee of Ha Dinh ward (Thanh Xuan district) advises drug users on community-based addiction treatment (the person on the right) in the area. Still complicated Recently, many cases of illegal drug trafficking and use of complex nature in Hanoi have been discovered, dismantled, and brought before the law. It was a case of illegal trading and possession of large quantities of narcotics, related to inpatient psychiatric patients at the Central Psychiatric Hospital I, Thuong Tin district discovered at the end of March 2021. led by Nguyen Xuan Quy (residing in Thanh Tri district). In early May, Phuc Tho district police prosecuted the case and prosecuted defendant Nguyen Xuan Hai (born in 1971, residing in Vong Xuyen commune, Phuc Tho district) for the crime of “illegal trading in narcotics”. … Notably, drug traffickers often use many ways to entice and entice young people to use drugs. According to the Poison Control Center (Bach Mai Hospital), from the beginning of 2021 until now, this unit has received many underage cases of drug-related stimulant poisoning, including marijuana. sa, synthetic drugs mixed in e-cigarettes. The toxicity of drugs causes young people to have mental disorders, paranoia, cardiac arrhythmias, etc. While the situation of illegal drug trafficking and use is becoming more and more complicated, the number of drug addicts has not decreased, and treatment for addiction has not achieved the desired results. Statistics from the Hanoi Department of Labor – Invalids and Social Affairs show that the city currently manages nearly 13,000 drug users. From 2016 up to now, the city has provided financial support for more than 10,000 turns of voluntary detoxification; sending more than 4,000 people to compulsory detoxification. In addition, units and localities expand the treatment model of replacing opiates with Methadone; maintaining the club model for post-drug addicts (B93), helping post-detoxifiers have a place to socialize and live healthy activities… However, in reality, the number of people who have ever given up drugs Quitting drugs is a very small percentage. The main reason is that addicts and drug users do not have enough courage, will and determination to stay away from the wrong path; while some families do not voluntarily declare and register for detoxification, do not cooperate with the authorities, so it is difficult to organize treatment for drug users. On the other hand, there are still people who do not have the right perception of drug prevention and control, leading to improper behavior. Deploy multiple solutions In order to gradually push back drugs, in 2021, Hanoi aims to discover and handle 2,300 drug-related crime cases, of which 50% of the cases are of the nature of illegal trading, transportation and production. narcotics; eliminate 100% of existing drug-related complexities; actively review to promptly detect points and dens that are at risk of arising in order to focus on fighting and eradicating. With the treatment of addiction, it is expected that this year, the authorities will make 900 dossiers to request the People’s Courts of districts, towns to issue decisions to handle administrative violations of sending drug addicts. drugs into compulsory detoxification establishments; actively mobilized addicts and illegal users of narcotics to undergo voluntary detoxification at drug detoxication establishments; organize the implementation of drug addiction treatment in the family and the community. Along with that, units and localities continue to maintain Methadone/Buprenorphine replacement therapy for nearly 5,000 patients at Methadone treatment facilities; deploying and expanding Methadone supply and distribution facilities in communes, wards and townships… In order to achieve the above goals, Mr. Phung Quang Thuc, Director of the Sub-Department of Social Evils Prevention and Control (Hanoi Department of Labor – Invalids and Social Affairs) said that in 2021 and the following years , the competent authorities focused on improving the effectiveness of addiction treatment and management after drug addiction treatment. In this direction, in addition to the implemented solutions, localities mobilize and encourage addicts and their families to voluntarily declare their drug addiction, voluntarily participate in appropriate forms of detoxification; at the same time, to integrate the organization of detoxification and post-detoxification management with vocational training and job creation programs. In particular, some localities maintain the pilot implementation of “The model of counseling, care and support for addiction treatment in the community”, “The model of supporting legal and social counseling for people with disabilities”. Participating in drug addiction treatment”… Contributing to raising social awareness on drug prevention and control, localities build voluntary social work teams; to step up the propagation, dissemination and education of the law on drug prevention and control as well as the harmful effects of drugs; organized many practical activities in response to “Action Month on Drug Prevention and Control” and “All People’s Day on Drug Prevention and Control” (June 26). In addition, the city police take professional measures to detect and fight fiercely with drug crimes; deal with areas, dens, complex drug-related places, establishments that harbor and organize illegal use of drugs… The police force also checks and makes statistics on drug users to manage drug users. management, monitoring and prevention; coordinate with the People’s Procuracy and the People’s Court of the same level to investigate and bring drug crime cases to point trial, to mobile trial…