On Friday, President Klaus Iohannis promulgated a decree co-authored by Romania’s Ministry of Health and Ministry of Justice to launch eight ‘regional centres for the treatment of addictions’.
The project will see Romania adopt a new strategy to combat, minimise, and research addiction harms across its eight administrative regions.
The new strategy aims to address current ‘treatment inadequacies’ for drug, alcohol, and gambling addictions within Romania, particularly for those under 25.
Minister of Justice, Alina Gorghiu, endorsed the project, citing that the current framework to combat addictions left Romanians exposed as treatment options were primarily offered by private clinics and NGOs.
Gorghiu stated: “I’m glad that the party I belong to, PNL, initiated this law because in Romania the state could not properly treat these big problems that are especially among the y..