Stakeholders: Decriminalising minor drug offences, offering rehabilitation the way to go

PETALING JAYA: The proposed new law to decriminalise minor drug offences in a bid to solve the issue of overcrowding in prisons will provide drug offenders a fresh start and a second chance at life instead, say the stakeholders.

If it is introduced, convicted drug offenders will receive treatment instead of punishment after being certified by medical officers, and would be taken to rehabilitation centres.