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WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1974
REVIEW OF DRUG TREATMENT BY SARDA
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THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS IS ENGAGED ON A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMMES AND FACILITIES AND A TREATMENT BLUEPRINT, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON. LEWIS DAVIES, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
IN HIS SPEECH WINDING UP THE DEBATE THAT THE COUNCIL WELCOMES THE WHITE PAPER ON +THE PROBLEM OF DANGEROUS DRUGS IN HONG KONG,+ HE SAID THE RESULT OF THIS REVIEW WOULD, IN DUE COURSE, BE PLACED BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT TOGETHER WITH AN INDICATION OF THE ESTIMATED COST.
MR. DAVIES ALSO DISCLOSED THAT DRAFTING INSTRUCTIONS VERE NOW BEING PREPARED FOR NEW LEGISLATION TO CONTROL FACTORY - MADE-DRUGS ABUSED HERE. +ON THE RETURN OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS IN AUGUST AND IN CONSULTATION WITH THE LAU DRAFTSMAN WORK ON THE ACTUAL DRAFT WILL BE PUT IN HAND.
+PROVIDED THINGS GO REASONABLY SHOOTHLY THE NEW BILL OUGHT TO BE READY EARLY NEXT YEAR. I CANNOT BE LORE SPECIFIC AT THIS STAGE SINCE IT IS NOT EASY TO ASSESS 10W COMPLICATED THE BILL MAY HAVE TO BE OR HOW EASILY AGREEMENT CAN DE SECURED BETWEEN THE VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED.+
COMMENTING ON LAW ENFORCEMENT IN RESPECT OF THE DRUG PROBLEM, HE SAID THE NARCOTICS BUREAU HAD RECENTLY CONCENTRATED
ITS EFFORTS ON SYNDICATE PENETRATION OPERATIONS AT A LEVEL LIKELY TO INFLICT THE MOST DAMAGE TO DRUG SYNDICATES.
SUCH EFFORTS HAD RESULTED IN FOUR HERO IN REFINERIES RAIDED, ABOUT $15 MILLION WORTH OF DRUGS SEIZED AND 18 HIGH LEVEL SYNDICATE PERSONALITIES CHARGED WITH VARIOUS DRUG OFFENCES. .
*REFERRING TO A POINT MADE BY THE HON. WILSON WANG THAT COMPULSORY REGISTRATION SHOULD BE INTRODUCED, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY SAID THE VIEU CURRENTLY PREVAILING WAS THAT SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT WAS PREMATURE.
IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THIS MIGHT BE PRACTICAL ONLY IF AND WHEN COMPREHENSIVE FACILITIES FOR COMPULSORY TREATMENT WERE AVAILABLE. +WE ARE NOT YET IN THIS POSITION BUT I CAN ASSURE THE HONOURABLE MEMBER THAT HIS SUGGESTION WILL NOT DE FORGOTTEN EVEN THOUGH EARLY IMPLEMENTATION SEEMS UNLIKELY.+
ON THE ROLE OF EX-ADDICTS, HE SAID THEIR IMPORTANCE WAS RECOGNISED AND, SO FAR, SARDA HAD 22 EX-ADDICTS ON ITS STAFF AND +THOSE ENGAGED IN TREATHENT ARE VERY, VERY ALIVE TO THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE OF EX-ADDICTS HELPING THOSE WHO ARE
STILL ADDICTED.+
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