MFDS to Establish 'Drug Prevention and Rehabilitation Team'... "Social Rehabilitation Also Important"

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced on the 1st that it has established the "Drug Prevention and Rehabilitation Team" to strengthen the prevention of drug abuse and support the social rehabilitation of addicts, and revised and promulgated the "Enforcement Rules of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety and Its Affiliated Institutions’ Organization Regulations," which includes expanding professional personnel such as counselors in the addiction field.

As drug offenders are increasing mainly among young people in their teens and twenties, there is a growing recognition that not only strengthening crackdowns and punishments but also social rehabilitation has become important.

The Drug Prevention and Rehabilitation Team of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety will serve as a central point for inter-ministerial drug addiction prevention and social rehabilitation, establishing comprehensive plans and carrying out drug prevention publicity, education, and support for the social rehabilitation of addicts.

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety plans to enhance work expertise by reinforcing rehabilitation experts such as counselors in the addiction field and specialists in statistics and big data.

Oh Yu-kyung, Commissioner of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety [Photo by Yonhap News]

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