Vietnam: Contents of State management of drug prevention and fight

Specifically, according to Article 36 of the Law on drug prevention and fight 2000 of Vietnam, he contents of State management of drug prevention and fight shall include:

1. Drawing up and organizing the implementation of strategies, guidelines, policies and plans on drug prevention and fight;

2. Promulgating and organizing the implementation of legal documents on drug prevention and fight;

3. Organizing the apparatus, training, fostering of cadres on drug prevention and fight;

4. Promulgating, amending, supplementing and announcing lists of narcotic substances, pre-substances, addictive medicines, centripetalneurotropic medicines;

5. Granting and withdrawing permits for lawful drug-related activities;

6. Deciding the setting up and dissolution of compulsory drug detoxication establishments; granting and withdrawing operation permits of other drug detoxication institutions; organizing and managing the drug detoxication and community integration for persons who have been detoxicated;

7. Organizing the drug-related crime prevention and fight;

8. Making State statistics on drug prevention and fight;

9. Organizing research into and application of scientific and technological advances to drug prevention and fight;

10. Organizing propagation and education about drug prevention and fight;

11. Undertaking international cooperation in drug prevention and fight;

12. Examining, inspecting and settling complaints and denunciations, and handling violations of the legislation on drug prevention and fight.

View more details at the Law on drug prevention and fight 2000 of Vietnam, effective from June 01, 2001.

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