Prevention of and Treatment for Substance Abuse Act 70 of 2008

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70 of 2008

The Prevention of and Treatment for Substance Abuse Act 70 of 2008 intends:

to provide for a comprehensive national response for the combating of substance abuse; to provide for mechanisms aimed at demand and harm reduction in relation to substance abuse through prevention, early intervention, treatment and re-integration programmes;
to provide for the registration and establishment of treatment centres and halfway houses;
to provide for the committal of persons to and from treatment centres and for their treatment, rehabilitation and skills development in such treatment centres;
to provide for the establishment of the Central Drug Authority; and
to provide for matters connected therewith.

Repeals