NAY PYI TAW, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar government will launch a new national drug control policy at the end of this year, Major General Aung Soe, Deputy Minister for Home Affairs said on Wednesday.
The government will also implement a two-year action plan in accordance with the new drug policy to carry out drug eradication throughout the country, Aung Soe told the Second Inter-governmental consultation on National Drug Control Policy.
At present, a new draft narcotic law to tackle drug issues has been sent to the parliament for approval which is based on introducing several amendments to the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law (1993) as there are large-scale of illicit drugs production and trafficking and high rates of heroin usage.
