President Santiago Peña highlighted the progress of the Government's Drug Abuse Action Plan "SUMAR," which, in its prevention phase, involves the participation of civil society and will soon enable the opening of the first long-stay addiction treatment center run by the State.
Sports activities of the "Open Schools" project. Photo credits: Paraguay's Special Olympics.
Asunción, Agencia IP.- President Santiago Peña highlighted the progress of the Government’s Drug Abuse Action Plan «SUMAR,» which, in its prevention phase, involves the participation of civil society and will soon enable the opening of the first long-stay addiction treatment center run by the State.
The Long-Stay Detoxification and Rehabilitation Residences Center was announced yesterday after a meeting between the president and executive authorities. It will be financed with the proceeds seized from organized crime by the National Secretariat for Asset Management and Recovery (Senabico), amounting to around 15 billion Paraguayan Guarani.
The President emphasized the importance of «these resources finally going to help Paraguayans who have sadly fallen into addiction problems.»
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