Seriously! The Justice Minister has signed an MoU of 15 agencies to speed up drug addiction rehabilitation following finding more and more people who use drugs until they are mentally ill, confident that they can help solve the problem, while the Assistant Commissioner of Police points out Addiction to the treatment of public health not ready yet Lifting the agency is doing well. Interior-local mechanics
On October 3, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. Mr. Somsak Thepsutin, Minister of Justice Chaired the meeting to discuss ways to solve problems with mental illness from substance abuse. and the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding for the prevention, surveillance and problem solving of patients with psychotic symptoms due to drug use at the NACC office, with Ms. Natthapat Yongchaiyudh, Assistant Minister of Justice, Mr. Wichai Chaimongkol, secretary-general of the NACC and Representatives of 15 agencies such as the Ministry of Public Health Ministry of Interior Ministry of Social Development and Human Security Royal Thai Police National Institute of Emergency Medicine joined
Mr. Somsak said that from the memorandum of cooperation, problem solving, mentally ill people From the joint use of drugs by 15 agencies on March 6, 2019, the current effect has ended. Since September 30, 2022, there is another signing today. because from the information Treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts in the country found that the proportion of people who received treatment and use of concomitant psychiatric medications increase every year by 2022, there are 8,871 people, resulting in people with mental symptoms from drug use tend to cause trouble to society continued to increase According to the NACC Action Center in 2022, there were 731 news of drug users causing the incident, doubling from 2021, with only 307 news.
“Therefore, the solution therefore need to urgently fix group of people with mental illness from drug use using public health in order to return to normal life in society which requires cooperation from many sectors to jointly find, treat, and monitor as well as to strengthen cooperation from family and community come to help solve the problem,” said the Minister of Justice.
Mr. Somsak also said that last week He has traveled to Australia to exchange drug suppression including discussing rehabilitation therapy because of the past must admit We do not yet have access to drug addiction rehabilitation. So there is news of drug addicts. hurt family members often, so today’s collaboration will be able to help solve the problem of therapy because there will be a clear framework for The main responsible agency under the Drug Code is the Ministry of Public Health.
Meanwhile, Lt. Gen. Panuwat Lakboon, assistant police chief, said that drug addiction treatment Must have a clear host Because of the signing of this cooperation, there are up to 15 agencies together. At the same time, the police have no role in this matter. because the main responsible unit is Ministry of Health Therefore, the police can only do protection projects with therapy as an activity only the delivery of drug addicts received treatment, it was found that the Ministry of Public Health not ready yet From the past work, it was found that the agencies that drive the therapy well are Ministry of Interior because there is a local mechanism that reach every community
In addition, Mr. Somsak gave an interview to the press further that drug addiction rehabilitation It takes a long time especially those who have been using drugs for a long time which will have psychotic symptoms Therefore, it may cause society to misunderstand that have more addicts Although the information found There are fewer addicts but seeing the news mentally ill person from more drug use because it still takes time for continuous therapy which is not more addicts
