Legarda committee vows funding for drug rehab centers

The Senate finance committee yesterday committed its full support behind the Duterte administration’s anti-illegal drugs campaign by promising adequate funds for the rehabilitation of about 700,000 drug dependents  who have surrendered to government authorities. Sen. Loren Legarda, the committee chair asked the Senate’s Legislative Budget Research and Monitoring Division (LBRMO) to sit down with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and Department of Health (DOH) so that funds are provided for the construction of rehabilitation centers and other aspects of the rehabilitation work. These include the construction of rehabilitation centers in the local government level “whether in capital outlay, capacity-building, blood testing or after care are all incorporated in the budgets,” she said. Legarda stressed she does not want to hear complaints that her committee was remiss in helping the administration’s anti-illegal drug campaign. She also questioned why the past administration failed to focus on the illegal [...]