Baghdad – IA – Fatima Rahma
Today, Friday, the Parliamentary Committee for Combating Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances revealed the legal status of drug users who surrender themselves to rehabilitation centers, while confirming the imminent approval of an amendment to the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law.
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Committee Chairman Adnan Burhan Al-Juhaishi said in a statement to the Iraqi News Agency (INA): “The amendment to the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law came from the Presidency of the Republic and will be passed in the House of Representatives after completing its reading.”
He added, “The Ministry of Interior has developed strategic preventive, remedial, and judicial plans to prosecute all dealers and drug users throughout the country’s governorates.”
He pointed out that “rehabilitation centers have been opened in all governorates of Iraq to treat addicts’ abuse,” calling on all families to “cooperate in getting rid of this scourge.”
Regarding the drug user turning himself in, the head of the committee confirmed that “Article 40 of the Drug Law stipulates that there will be no legal consequences for the drug user who goes on his own to rehabilitation centers,” indicating that “the centers will give the drug user a secret name to take treatment.”
