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Newsbrief:
Addicts
Vote
with
Their
Feet
on
Vietnam's
New,
Lengthy
Mandatory
Drug
Rehab
6/14/02
The Associated Press reported
that 369 Vietnamese drug offenders escaped from a government-run "drug
rehabilitation center" June 6. Police recaptured more than 200 of
the escapees, but as of press time, 101 had still evaded capture.
The mass break-out from the center at Can Tho, 125 miles south of Ho Chi
Minh City, was the third since the government announced in December it
was extending the length of mandatory drug rehabilitation from three months
to one year.
In December, Vietnam announced
ambitious plans to send all 112,000 known "drug addicts" to mandatory treatment
by 2005, despite an officially admitted failure rate of 90%. Officials
told AP they hope to cut the relapse rate to only 60% in the future.
Heroin is the most widely used hard drug in Vietnam, although methamphetamine
is coming on strong, as is the case throughout Southeast Asia.
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Issue #241, 6/14/02
Federal Judge Issues Injunction Against California Cannabis Clubs | The June 6th Medical Marijuana Actions: One Week Later | With Competing Drug Reform Bills Passed, NY Governor and Assembly Have One Week to Reach Compromise | Border Governors to Discuss Chihuahua Marijuana Legalization | Dan Forbes Goes After Ad Age for McCarthyite Smear | London Borough Proposes De Facto Hard Drug Decrim | Philippines Enacts Death Penalty for Drug Dealing, Possession of a Pound of Marijuana or Tens Grams of Ecstasy | Colombian Paramilitary Leader Again Admits Links with Cocaine Traffic, Calls for Tactical Retreat from the Trade | Newsbrief: Mexico Drug Trade Helps Prevent Social Explosion, Says Researcher | Newsbrief: DARE Dropped in Toledo | Newsbrief: Maryland GOP Governor Candidate Talks Treatment Not Jail | Newsbrief: Supreme Court Ruling Leads to Public Housing Eviction for Son's Marijuana Pipe | Newsbrief: Addicts Vote with Their Feet on Vietnam's New, Lengthy Mandatory Drug Rehab | Newsbrief: Louisiana Judge Busted in Dope-Planting Scheme | Newsbrief: Life for Brownies? California Man Faces Three-Strikes Penalty | Grant Program: Tides Foundation RFPs for Latin America, Prop. 36 Implementation and Overdose Prevention | New DRCNet/StopTheDrugWar.org Merchandise Out -- Discounted Purchase Available | The Reformer's Calendar
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