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25 March 2012| last updated at 01:02PM

Drug rehab clinic for Besut



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KUALA TERENGGANU: A clinic to treat drug addiction is to be built at a cost of RM23 million in Kampung Raja, Besut, soon, Terengganu Anti-Drug Agency director Abdul Mutalib Abdullah said today.

 

He said construction of the Cure and Care Clinic (CNC) was expected to begin in June at the site of the Narcotics Addiction Rehabilitation Centre (Puspen) which would be demolished. 
 
All the Puspen staff and the addicts undergoing rehabilitation would be relocated to other rehabilitation centres during the period of construction, which was expected take two years, he told Bernama. 
 
Abdul Mutalib said the CNC would have 200 beds and treat addicts who come voluntarily and would not force them to reside there. 
 
"The concept differs from that of Puspen whereby the addicts are sent there by a court order," he added. 
 
He also said that Terengganu had 21,177 1Malaysia Squad volunteers drawn from organisations and associations to raise awareness in the young about the dangers of drug abuse and addiction. -- BERNAMA 
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