GAPAN CITY, Nueva Ecija -- The city government and police officials here have set a goal of finally declaring the entire city drug-free by September 16.
Mayor Emerson Pascual said the target was reached during the recent meeting of barangay chairmen, city, and police officials in connection with the government's campaign against illegal drugs.
Pascual said the local government has pledged an all-out support with the police's legal operations against the menace.
"I understand this problem on illegal drugs cannot be done without the help of local officials," he said.
On top of police operations, Pascual said they aim to bring to their city-level rehabilitation program, particularly in Bahay Pagbabago, people hooked on illegal substance.
At Bahay Pagbabago, he said confessed drug users undergo systematic rehabilitation program which include spiritual, psychological, and physical formation.
They were also given technology and vocational skills education in cooperation with concerned government agencies to make sure the drug surrenderers can be productive members of the society when they return to society.
Some of the previous Bahay Pagbabago graduates have acquired MC 2 certificates from the Provincial Manpower and Training Center (PMTC) in pursuing overseas jobs.
"I will support them in their expenses if they want to use abroad what they have learned inside the Bahay Pagbabago," he said.
Police Supt. Peter Madria, city police chief, said 63 of the 1,296 confessed drug users who surfaced under the police's Oplan Tokhang have finished the local reformatory courses. (PNA)
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