Romania to establish eight regional detoxification and recovery centers for drug addicts
<p>Romania’s Chamber of Deputies, the deciding body, adopted a bill establishing eight regional detoxification and recovery centers for drug addicts.</p>
<p>The centers will include measures for prevention, treatment, risk prevention, and the consequences associated with drug use, as well as social reintegration. </p>
<p>"The centers are accredited by the National Authority for Quality Management in Health according to international standards in the field of recovery for drug-dependent persons. The construction, establishment, and operation of the centers will be funded with investment and operating amounts equally, 50% from the state budget through the Ministry of Health and 50% from the budgets of interested public authorities, or funds from European financing programs," the project states. </p>
<p>Eight centers will be established, one in each region of the country: North-East, South-East, South-Muntenia, South-West Oltenia, West, North-West, Center, and Bucharest-Ilfov.</p>
<p>“A necessary measure, as the infrastructure needed to treat drug addiction is virtually absent in Romania,” said justice minister Alina Gorghiu on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/alinagorghiu/posts/1003444484466109?ref=embed_post">Facebook</a>.</p>
<p>According to the <a href="https://insp.gov.ro/2024/06/26/26-iunie-ziua-internationala-de-lupta-impotriva-abuzului-si-traficului-ilicit-de-droguri-2/#:~:text=Potrivit%20Raportului%20Na%C8%9Bional%20privind%20Situa%C8%9Bia,au%20consumat%20%C3%AEn%20ultimul%20an.">2022 National Report on the Drug Situation</a>, approximately 10.7% of individuals in Romania aged between 15 and 64 have consumed at least one type of illicit drug in their lifetime, and 6% have used it in the past year. Those between 15 and 34 are more likely to consume drugs. </p>
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