Transforming drug reformists

DAVAO ORIENTAL— The cities and provinces in Davao Region unite in implementing the CommunityBased Rehabilitation and Aftercare Program (CBRAP) to drug reformists.

During the 5th Regional Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs Coordinating monthly meeting hosted by the Province of Davao Oriental on May 25 at the Lane’s Kita-anan in the City of Mati, the Regional Anti-Drug Abuse Council (RADAC) was launched to effectively cater to the needs of the local Anti-Drug Abuse Councils to effectively implement CBRAP.

Led by DSWD Assistant Secretary Jose Antonio Hernandez, RADAC is launched through the Anti-Illegal Drugs Coordinating Group.

Members of the RADAC include the Anti-Drug Abuse Councils, Municipal Social Workers, and Provincial and Municipal Local Government Units from across the region. Through the RADAC, all Anti-Drug Abuse Councils in the region will have to follow one manual in the implementation of CBRAP.

According to Jay Valderrama, global trainer for Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Programme, there are four components that the antidrug abuse councils should integrate into their treatment protocol to ensure an effective treatment of the drug reformists.

“Based on universal practice about treatment protocol, supposedly we have four components that should be practiced like the pre-treatment, primary year, continuum year, and case management. In my own personal experience, in most practices they stop in primary year while others don’t have practice in treatment planning. Riza M. Golez