Vietnam: Drug addicts have the responsibility to declare by themselves the state of their drug addiction

Thu Hien

16:33, 27/09/2001

The Law on drug prevention and fight 2000 of Vietnam was issued on December 09, 2000, of which one of the basic contents is the regulation on responsibilities of drug addicts.

Specifically, according to Article 26 of the Law on drug prevention and fight 2000 of Vietnam, drug addicts have the responsibility to:

- Declare by themselves the state of their drug addiction to the agencies or organizations where they have worked or the administrations of the localities where they have resided and register by themselves for forms of detoxification;

- Strictly abide by the regulations on drug detoxification.

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Besides, drug addicts’ families have the responsibility to:

- Report to the local administrations on the drug addicts in their own families and the addiction state of such persons;

- Assist the drug addicts to apply the family-based detoxification under the guidance and supervision of medical workers and local administration;

- Monitor, supervise, prevent or stay the addicts from illegally using narcotic substances or committing acts of disturbing social order and safety;

- Help the competent bodies to send drug addicts to detoxification establishments and contribute funds for detoxification under the provisions of law.

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

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