Manoon Makpol
Banglamung officials, police, parents and monks
congratulated more than 150 drug addicts for completing a nine-day camp
where everyone hopes they were cured.
Before handing out
certificates, Banglamung District Chief Chawalit Saeng-Uthai addresses
156 rehabilitated addicts.
The 156 graduates of the fourth Banglamung
Behavior-Modification Camp received completion certificates from
District Chief Chawalit Saeng-Uthai at Jittapawan Temple May 22.
Thirty of those treated at the Banglamung Drug
Rehabilitation Center hail from Naklua, 83 from Pattaya and 30 from Huay
Yai. The camp lasted nine days and eight nights. Despite the small
amount of time spent in treatment - other programs around the world last
30-90 days - officials claimed the addicts had been cured.
Treatment included activities designed to instill
discipline, sharpen life skills, education on legal penalties and health
effects of drug use, exercise and group therapy.
