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P2.1B earmarked for drug rehab centers

November 11, 2022 Jester P. Manalastas 421 views

THE national government will be spending around P2.1 billion next year for the operations of drug treatment and rehabilitation centers nationwide.

The amount will be included in the budget of the Department of Health (DoH) to which there will be expansion of the operations and facilities of 23 residential drug treatment centers.

The P2.1 billion is 18 percent, or P322 million, higher than this year’s funding for public residential drug TRCs run by the DOH.

The country is joining the observance of the Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Week from Nov. 13 to 19.

The third week of November of every year is dedicated to raising public awareness against the destructive effects of drug abuse on individuals, families, and society, pursuant toPresidential Proclamation No. 124 issued on Nov. 26, 2001.

The 23 DOH-run TRCs and their corresponding 2023 funding allocations are: Bicutan Rehabilitation Center (P240.3 million); Tagaytay Rehabilitation Center (P212.3 million); Argao, Cebu Rehabilitation Center (P127.6 million); Cagayan de Oro Rehabilitation Center (P126.6 million); Bataan Rehabilitation Center (P125.6 million); Camarines Sur Rehabilitation Center (P123.7 million); Dagupan Rehabilitation Center (P118 million); Isabela Rehabilitation Center (P109.5 million); Pototan, Iloilo Rehabilitation Center (P109.2 million) CARAGA Rehabilitation Center (P104.1 million) Cebu City Rehabilitation Center (P102.2 million); Dulag, Leyte Rehabilitation Center (P88.8 million); Malinao, Albay Rehabilitation Center (P87.4 million) Central Luzon Centers for Health Development (P73.6 million) SOCCSKSARGEN Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (P53 million); San Fernando, La Union Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (P51.5 million) Malagos, Davao Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (P49.6 million) Malaybalay, Bukidnon Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (P33.8 million); San Francisco, Agusan del Sur Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (P33.5 million); Las Piñas Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (P9.1 million); Zamboanga City Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (P8.4 million) Mega Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (P8.1 million); and the Bauko, Mountain Province Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (P4.4 million).
Under the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Law, a drug dependent may, by himself/herself or through his/her parent, spouse, guardian or relative within the fourth degree of consanguinity or affinity, voluntarily apply for admission to a DOH-run TRC.

The law also provides that a person arrested, and who is found positive for illegal drug use, after a confirmatory test, faces the penalty of six months minimum rehabilitation in a DOH-run TRC.