DRUG Enforcement Commission (DEC) director general Mary Chirwa has observed that much of the commission’s budgetary allocation increase was towards the fight against financial crimes and not the drug side. And United Nations Country Coordinator Beatrice Mutali has raised concern that although the number of people in drug abuse has increased, availability of treatment interventions has remained low. Speaking during the 2022 World Drug Day, Tuesday, Chirwa thanked government for increasing funding to the Commission for 2022 by 32 percent, but lamented that this was not enough to support their operations. “Even though the commission has been scoring in terms of performance in fulfilling its mandate, the commission has a number of challenges. The commission is operating at 36 percent...