Critics warned that a draft drug law approved by Prime Minister Hun Sen could put people who use drugs into involuntary treatment for up to two years.[1] They pointed to reports of abuse in detention centres and argued that the draft's broad definition of addiction could sweep in people simply under the influence.[1] The final law promulgated in January 2012 included voluntary-treatment rules, medical conditions for compulsory treatment and a six-month-to-two-year period for state-centre treatment.[2]
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References
- Kathleen Kingsbury, Open Society Foundations — Cambodia’s alarming new drug law (21 July 2011), reproduced by IDPCarchived
- Law on Drug Control, 2 January 2012 — English translationKingdom of Cambodia · National Authority for Combating Drugs · 2012 · Articles 10–14, 38, 40, 45, 100–110 and 125; Table Iarchived
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