Members of the House Committee on Dangerous Drugs have been urged to fast-track passage of 11 bills seeking to establish provincial and regional drug rehabilitation centers in the country.

In a recent briefing, officials of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), the Philippine National Police-Anti-Illegal Drugs Group (PNP-AIDG), and the National Bureau of Investigation told the committee that they had convinced almost 700,000 drug users and drug pushers nationwide to undergo rehabilitation.

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