Severe torture happens in
the name of drug treatment, they are mostly without proper treatment
protocols or guidelines. It is nothing but a concentration camp with
harsh draconian rules and unbelievable amount of human suffering all
in the name of good and morals. Countries of Southeast Asia are also
on the list of people who violate Human Rights in the name of Alcohol
and Drug Treatment. People can be locked up, Starved, Isolated,
Beaten, Made to do hard labour, Psychological torment all in the name
of doing good to the individual who may have drank Alcohol or used
Drugs habitually. There need to be Community bodies consisting of
community of affected people, who have to be employed by the
Governments to check abuses and generate reports. There need to be
more studies to understand and stop the still continuing decades old
abuse and Torture. International network of people who use drugs and
United Nations have recognised this Treatment Abuse as Crime against
humanity and Human Right violation. In some southeast Asian countries
electric shock has been a treatment protocol, Creativity has reached
it's heights on how to torture people who use drugs. There is
something called Itchy wood treatment, a person will be locked in a
cage made of wood, that is allergic to humans. The person inside can
not lay-down or sit as it will start to give a nasty allergic
reaction to skin which touches the wood. While beatings are common,
punishment such as running or standing in the hot-sand barefoot and
other inhumane sanctions are common discussions of PUD. Most of the
Inmates are made to do very hard work and exhausting labour. In some
cases this forced labour is related to the functioning of the centre,
such as growing vegetables or working in the kitchen, Cleaning and
swabbing, those who attempt to refuse to work are beaten by Centre Staff. In other cases, inmates are used to construct new buildings in
the centres, or sent in work gangs to construction sites at houses
or, in one case, a hotel. While the types of labour might differ from
centre to centre, all forms of forced labour in the centres are
prohibited by international law.
Many places around Asia,
the facilities described as drug detention centres go by a variety of
names: Compulsory Treatment centres, Drug rehabilitation centres,
Detoxification centres. They are common in Southeast Asia, with an
estimated combined population of 350,000 detained Inmates. These
facilities may differ greatly by, and even within, a country.
However, regardless of their name, centres that hold people against
their will for drug dependency treatment should be considered “drug
detention centres” operating outside international law. Many people
are held in such centres without ever seeing a lawyer or a judge, or
without having means to challenge the legality of their detention.
Even when such centres are enabled by national legislation (and where
that legal framework is fully respected in practice), detention in
such centres is arbitrary, and violates international law because it
is a medically and scientifically inappropriate response to any
actual clinical need for treatment of drug dependence. The various
restrictions on individual rights resulting from detention in such
centres are not strictly necessary, nor the least restrictive means,
to achieve the purpose of drug treatment. Drug treatments and
rehabilitation has become a cottage industry, with no Detoxification
but cold-turkey (Leaving the person to go through withdrawals), some
withdrawals are so extreme, that they go through hallucinations for 1
week such as Alcoholics. The legend and belief which was propagated
in the past still continues that these Alcoholics and Drug dependants
have to go through such inhumane pain so that it teaches them a
lesson to not drink or use substances again. This illusion of
treatment somehow spread around the world and continues to make sure
these people who are suppose to be detoxified and counselled are left
to go through Inhumane and apathetic torture, all in the name of
doing good and morality.
“street sweeps” of drug users and other people
considered
Young men who had been
working under the supervision on the construction site of a hotel are
driven in a pickup towards the drug detention center. © 2013 Human
Rights Watch.