[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 113-2017, June 06, 2017 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 113-2017, June 06, 2017 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 113-2017, June 06, 2017 ]

TO : CONCERNED JUDGES OF REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS

SUBJECT : REFERRAL OF DRUG ABUSERS AND DEPENDANTS TO THE MEGA DRUG TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION CENTER IN FORT MAGSAYSAY, NUEVA ECIJA

Acting on the recommendation and request of the Department of the Interior and Local Government for the courts to confine "drug users and pushers who are ordered for treatment and rehabilitation by the courts" at the Mega Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Center in Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija, a drug rehabilitation center with around 10,000 bed facilities and an addiction specialist who will work with the Department of Health in its drug rehabilitation program and considering that most government drug treatment and rehabilitation centers are already overcrowded, the Office of the Court Administrator hereby ENJOINS all concerned judges to refer, as far as practicable, drug abusers and dependents to the Mega Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Center in Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija.

6 June 2017

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator