Drug Dependants (Treatment and Rehabilitation) (Amendment) Bill 2024 tabled for first reading

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KUALA LUMPUR: The Drug Dependants (Treatment and Rehabilitation) (Amendment) Bill 2024 was tabled for the first reading in the Dewan Rakyat. The bill,...

The bill, among other things aims to amend the Drug Dependants Act 1983 was tabled by Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

The amendment also, among other things, aims to expand the scope of treatment and rehabilitation for drug or substance addicts or drug or substance abusers in addition to amending Section 3 to provide that an officer may detain in custody any person he reasonably suspects of being a drug or substance addict or abuser drugs or substances.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

 

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