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Govt spends over Rs 9 crore for treating drug users in 13 years

Shillong, Nov 6: The state government has spent over Rs 9.28 crore for treating drug addicts during the past 13 years.

Social welfare department said this in reply to  the query by activist Disparsing Rani under the Right to Information Act (RTI), 2005.

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Rani shared the information with the media persons and said there were only 3,216 male drug users and 32 female drug users in East Khasi Hills.

The RTI activist said that the department did not give any specific information as to the manner in which the money was spent to treat drug users in the state.

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