CAIRO – 16 December 2021: The law by which public officers who use drugs shall be fired came into effect on Wednesday after six months of its announcement. Employees who will voluntarily seek help from the Fund for Drug Control and Treatment of Addiction (FDCTA) who will continue to abuse without seeking help, will be fired. Six months were allowed before enforcing the law to give abusing employees to be treated. Surprise visits by committees from the fund will test random employees for drug abuse. Earlier in December, Chairman of FDCTA Amr Othman said the prevalence rate of drug use among public employees declined from eight percent in 2017 to 1.7 percent at present.

Source: Egypt Today December 16, 2021 18:59 UTC