The National Anti-Drugs Agency is intensifying a campaign for voluntary admissions, using a mobile clinic bus and social media to encourage direct access to rehabilitation.
BANGI: The National Anti-Drugs Agency (AADK) is shifting its focus toward increasing voluntary admissions this year to address drug addiction more effectively.
Director-General Datuk Ruslin Jusoh said the initiative aligns with recent legal amendments allowing individuals to access treatment directly.
“We want to promote voluntary treatment, where clients come directly to AADK for advice without having to go through the court process,” he told reporters.
The voluntary admission campaign will be intensified through outreach programmes, home visits, and grassroots publicity.
AADK has introduced a Borderless Recovery Medical Treatment Mobilisation service using a specially equipped bus.
Through this mobile initiative, officers assess drug involvement levels and offer tailored treatment packages from three months to two years.
Ruslin added that AADK would bolster its social media awareness campaigns to encourage more people to seek help voluntarily.
He earlier highlighted the Controlled Drugs 2030 agenda, a national strategic target to control drug abuse by 2030.
Under this five-year plan, the agency aims to keep the addiction rate below 400 people per 100,000 residents.
Meanwhile, Ruslin said AADK aims to install high-tech CCTV systems at 18 centralised lock-up facilities this year.
The agency is seeking allocations from the Ministry of Finance, with installation expected in phases.
“We are striving to begin the installation this year. It will be done in stages,” he said.
Last September, Ruslin announced 550 high-tech CCTV units would be installed at the facilities nationwide.
The move is intended to increase operational transparency and minimise human error using modern technology.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had agreed to implement such systems at enforcement agency detention centres.
