Amendments to Drug Dependants Act tabled in Parliament


KUALA LUMPUR: The amendments to the Drug Dependants (Treatment and Rehabilitation) Act 1983 have been tabled in the Dewan Rakyat for the first reading by Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail (pic) on Tuesday (July 2).

The proposed amendments, among others, seek to differentiate the interpretation of a drug or substance-dependent person and a misuser.

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