The Dilemma and Solution of Socialized Extension Work in China's Judicial Administrative Drug Rehabilitation

Abstract

The Anti-Drug Law has established a four-in-one drug rehabilitation system, including voluntary drug rehabilitation, community-based drug rehabilitation, compulsory isolation drug rehabilitation, and community rehabilitation. Community rehabilitation, as a consolidation measure after drug rehabilitation, is constrained by factors such as personnel, funding, and technology, which prevent it from fully exerting its function of consolidating drug rehabilitation effects. Social extension, as an extension of the function of compulsory isolation drug rehabilitation facilities, has compensated for the shortcomings of community rehabilitation in terms of professional talent and technical support. However, due to inadequate legal support, different supervisory departments, and overlapping business responsibilities, social extension work currently faces many difficulties. With the development of society and the improvement of understanding of drug rehabilitation laws, the focus of compulsory isolation drug rehabilitation work will not be limited to fixed locations and a period of about two years. Instead, it should leverage advantages in talent, technology, and information to reshape institutions and optimize processes around reducing relapse rates. Through on-site investigations of the current social extension work, it is found that there are currently issues such as incomplete laws and regulations, unconsolidated business processes, no established follow-up care and tracking mechanisms, low social extension service levels, insufficient publicity efforts, and deviation from guiding principles. Based on China's current political, economic, and technological foundations, there is still a lot of room for improvement in the effectiveness of social extension work. From a legal perspective, the legislative process should be accelerated and current laws and regulations should be improved. From a process perspective, business processes should be re-engineered and organizational structures optimized. From a talent perspective, incentive mechanisms should be improved, and professional development strengthened. From a service perspective, employment issues should be emphasized to create a return environment. From an information perspective, digital construction should be accelerated to meet audience needs. From an acceptance perspective, drug prevention publicity should be expanded, and guiding principles clarified. From an iterative perspective, a negotiation platform should be established, and a corrective mechanism constructed.