Re: NGOs demand 'clean up' of Drug Dependence Treatment

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Dear FORUM,

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This advocacy effort is wonderful......we appreciate and congratulate this

initiative to ask Govt. to " clean up " this rather ambiguous sector.

It must be pointed out that we see similar issues being played out across the

country, In the southern states there are numerous so called " treatment centers "

that are mushrooming on a regular basis. With no clear regulatory body these so

called treatment centers have been violating all fundamental norms.

Apart from the private sector. the Govt (especially MSJ) seriously needs to do

some house cleaning, since many of the so called institutions funded by MSJ do

not have or practice any minimum standards.

Much of the mentioned atrocities are practiced at these MSJ funded sites; there

are also instances of non existent or institutions where services provided are

only on paper, but these institutions continue to get funds from MSJ.

Yours in Solidarity

Dr.Ashok Rau

Executive Trustee/CEO

Freedom Foundation-India, Nigeria, and Botswana

Centers of Excellence- Substance Abuse & HIV/AIDS)

Head Office: 180, Hennur Cross, Bangalore - 560043, India

Senior Research Fellow, TheTerry Sanford Institute of Public Health,Duke

University(USA)

Visiting Faculty, Yale University (USA)

Adjunct Faculty, Drexel University College of Medicine (USA)

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