KUALA LUMPUR: The Home Ministry will amend laws for drug addicts to be placed in National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) rehabilitation centres instead of prisons, says Datuk Seri Dr Ismail Mohamed Said.
The Deputy Home Minister told the Dewan Rakyat that the Ministry would amend the Drug Dependants (Treatment and Rehabilitation) Act 1983 into the Drug and Substance Abuse Act to place drug addicts in National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) rehabilitation centres instead of prisons.
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