Ulaanbaatar
Program on combating drug abuse adopted
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On March 7, the Cabinet approved the National Program on Fight Against the Circulation of Narcotic Drugs and Psychoactive Substances. The documents aims to establish a general system to monitor drug use, combat illegal distribution and identifying the sources, as well as voluntary and compulsory rehabilitation.
Within the past decade, 388 cases were reported of cooking psychoactive substances, illegally acquiring, possessing, carrying, sending, selling and smuggling of drugs, 1,112 people were interrogated.
The drug trafficking methods have been becoming more inventive, including sending narcotics by post packages, hiding in electronics and food products, using other people’s accounts to pay bills of illegal purchasing and many others.
The associated ministers were tasked to raise funding from donors, international financial organizations and private sector for implementation of the program.
