GAGASTUSAN ng sambayanang Filipino ng P1.3 billion ang mga biktima ng mga drug lord o ang mga adik upang maipagamot ang mga ito sa kanilang pagkagumon sa ilegal na droga.

Ito ang kinumpirma ni Cebu Rep. Eduardo Gulls matapos ilaan ng gobyerno ang nasabing halaga para sa operasyon ng 22 rehabilitation centers na nasa ilalim ng Department of Health (DOH).

Ayon sa mambabatas, kabilang sa mga pinondohan para sa paggamot sa mga drud addict ay ang Bicutan Rehabilitation Center na makakukuha ng P186.9 million sa susunod na taon.

Kasama rin dito ang Las Piñas Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (P6.4 million); Dagupan Rehabilitation Center (P93.7 million); San Fernando, La Union Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (P13 million); Bauko, Mountain Province Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (P4.4 million); Isabela Rehabilitation Center (P61.9 million) at Central Luzon Centers for Health Development (P73.7 million).

Makakukuha naman ang Bataan Rehabilitation Center ng P69 million; P102 million sa Tagaytay Rehabilitation Center; P63.9 million sa Camarines Sur Rehabilitation Center; P64.5 million sa Malinao, Albay Rehabilitation Center at Pototan, Iloilo Rehabilitation Center, P57.6 million.

Kabilang din sa gagastusan ng mamamayan ay ang Argao, Cebu Rehabilitation Center (P83 million); Cebu City Rehabilitation Center (P52 million); Dulag, Leyte Rehabilitation Center (P64.8 million); Zamboanga City Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (P8.4 million); Cagayan de Oro Rehabilitation Center (P71.7 million); Malaybalay, Bukidnon Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (P17.5 million); Malagos, Davao Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (P13 million); Alabel, Sarangani Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (P13 million); CARAGA Rehabilitation Center (P62 million); San Francisco, at Agusan del Sur Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (P17 million).

“Families should encourage their members who are drug users to voluntarily seek admission to these centers. Otherwise, families may petition for the compulsory treatment and rehabilitation of their members who are drug users,” ani Gullas. (BERNARD TAGUINOD)