More Army camps offered as drug rehab centers

THE ADMINISTRATION building of Agusan del Sur’s rehabilitation center for drug users rises inside the camp of the Army’s 401st Infantry Brigade in Prosperidad town. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

The Philippine Army is offering more of its camps that could be used as drug rehabilitation centers.

Army spokesperson Col. Benjamin Hao said the camps were: Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija; Camp Melchor dela Cruz in Gamu, Isabela; Camp Capinpin in Tanay, Rizal; Camp Camp Alfredo Santos in Calauag, Quezon; Camp Peralta in Jamindan, Capiz; Camp Kibaritan in Bukidnon; Camp Lucerp in Carmen, North Cotabato; and Camp Paulino Santos in Alamada, North Cotabato.

The Army is also offering the 401st Brigade headquarters in Agusan del Sur. The Residential Treatment and Rehabilitation Center can accommodate 60 patients at a time.

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President Rodrigo Duterte first proposed that military camps could be used as drug rehabilitation centers during his first State of the Nation Address.

The President has been relentlessly campaigning against illegal drugs nationwide, a promise he made during his campaign. JE/rga

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