Vietnam strives for no new drug hot spots
Vietnam is aiming for no new drug hotbeds and removing 10 percent of existing ones each year as a target of a drug prevention and control programme to 2020 freshly approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
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The country also hopes to uncover all illegal productions and destroying all hemp plant cultivation areas.
Under the programme, Vietnam also targets that every year, 80% of drug users will access consulting and treatment services and 90% of detoxification facilities meet quality requirements.
To achieve these goals, Vietnam will implement preventive measures to stop drugs entering the country.It will also monitor legal drug-related activities closely so that pharmaceutical products containing psychotropic substances will not be misused.
People involved in hemp planting and drug production will be punished strictly.
