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Article: Drug addicts may face three-year isolated drug rehabilitation programs
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- October 24, 2007
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Drug addicts may face three-year isolated drug rehabilitation
programs
BEIJING, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Drug addicts in China may be forced
to attend compulsory isolation rehabilitation programs lasting up to
three years, according to a draft law tabled to China's top
legislature on Wednesday.
"The term of compulsory isolation rehabilitation programs is two
years," reads China's first bill on drug control, tabled to the
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) fora
second reading.
The period can be shortened or extended depending on how drug
addicts recover during the rehabilitation programs, according to the
draft
"The rehabilitation term could be extended by one year at the ...