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NewsWhore
06-02-2008, 04:10 PM
Over the weekend, the president of the National Council on Drugs (CND), Mabel Feliz Baez said that they could do a lot more with their budget if the justice system sentenced the dealers. She said the funds could then go to rehabilitation and prevention campaigns. "The courts are slow in issuing sentences, and if we get sentences it is to return assets to the dealers," she said. She said that this is usual in Dominican society and that they would be launching a National Strategic Plan against Drugs on the occasion of the International Day of the Fight Against Drugs on 26 June. She feels all should join to fight drugs because it affects us all.

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