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Gov’t pushing for softer touch on drug rehab programs

The Kingdom’s much-maligned drug rehabilitation programs may be getting a facelift, thanks to a new government-led push towards ‘community-based treatment’, according to officials and NGOs working in the sector.  ...

James Reddick and Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18445/gov---t-pushing-for-softer-touch-on-drug-rehab-programs/

Drug officials meet in Bangkok

High-ranking officials from Cambodia’s Interior Ministry were among 140 delegates from Asia-Pacific nations meeting in Bangkok yesterday, as a three-day conference on the region’s growing problem of drug production and trafficking got under way. ...

Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/drug-officials-meet-bangkok

Minister tells police to target drug gang bosses

Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Wednesday ordered police across the country to focus on investigating and arresting the leaders of illegal-drug syndicates rather than low-level traffickers and users. ...

Chris Mueller and Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/minister-tells-police-to-target-drug-gang-bosses-81231/

Fewer airport arrests lead to drop in drug seizures

Despite a 72 percent increase in the number of drug-related arrests last year compared to 2013, 50 percent less drugs were seized during the same period, an official from the National Authority for Combating Drugs’ (NACD) said Tuesday. ...

Khy Sovuthy and Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fewer-airport-arrests-lead-to-drop-in-drug-seizures-81147/

Youth meth use on the rise

Cambodia’s young adults are using methamphetamines at one of the highest rates in the world, according to a recent report by the UN’s drug watchdog, while demand for more upscale drugs like ecstasy is growing among the affluent. In an annual report released Tuesday by the ...

Sarah Taguiam
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/youth-meth-use-rise

Government says drug seizures, trafficking rose in 2013

Drug seizures jumped last year, while drug arrests remained relatively steady, according to the annual report from the National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD) released Monday. As in 2012, methamphetamine retained its position as the most commonly seized type of drug. Police confiscated 17.3 kg of methamphetamine ...

Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-says-drug-seizures-trafficking-rose-in-2013-54862/

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