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Prevention of and Treatment for Substance Abuse Act, 2008 (Act No. 70 of 2008)

Chapter 7 : Aftercare and Reintegration Services

30. Establishment of aftercare and reintegration services

 

(1) The Minister must, in consultation with the ministers and organs of state referred to in section 8(1), prescribe integrated aftercare and reintegration services aimed at the successful reintegration of a service user into society, the workforce and family and community life.

 

(2) The services contemplated in subsection (1) must include elements that—
(a) allow service users to interact with other service users, their families and communities;
(b) allow service users to share long term sobriety experiences;
(c) promote group cohesion among service users;
(d) enable service users to abstain from substance abuse;
(e) are based on structured programmes;
(f) must focus on successful reintegration of a service user into society and family and community life; and
(g) prevent the recurrence of problems in the family environment of the service user that may contribute to substance abuse.