SAN JOSE, Antique – The Community-Based Rehabilitation Program (CBRP) for drug users in two municipalities in Antique began on Friday.
The rehabilitation started a day after it was launched in Libertad and Sebaste towns, said Cherryl Tacda, provincial director of the Department of the Interior and Local Government.
“There were 49 drug surrenderers in Sebaste and 11 in Libertad who will undergo the CBRP,” Tacda added.
Libertad is already catering to its second batch of drug surrenderers to undergo the rehabilitation.
The Antique Provincial Health Office leads the rehabilitation program, which is open to those who are with low to mild drug addictions.
“The local government units, in order to help these drug surrenderers, will also provide them eventually with livelihood,” Tacda said.
According to Tacda, most of the surrenderers said they resorted to illegal drugs for being “desperate” due to lack of jobs. Others said they were influenced by their peers. (With PNA/PN)
