Research Article [Wasif et al., 2(5): May, 2011] ISSN: 0976-7126 Int. J. of Pharm. & Life Sci. (IJPLS), Vol. 2, Issue 5: May: 2011, 717-722 717 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACY & LIFE SCIENCES Rehabiliation model to prevent relapse among drug users in health system S. Wasif 1 , S. Azhar 2 , Yelly Oktavia Sari 3,4 , Usman Haider Uzbek 5 and Yousaf Athar 6 1, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Universiti Sains, Malaysia 2, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains, Malaysia 3, Faculty of Pharmacy, Andalas University, Padang 25163, Indonesia, 4, Discipline of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia 5, School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains, Malaysia 6, School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains, Malaysia Abstract Addiction a disease lie in between a complex behavior with social intervenes. A systemic model needs to design, for the therapeutic management of addiction in psychosocial environment of assessment and implementation. Keeping in mind a bare fact of unique intellectual characteristics of each drug respondent. To provide a detailed model which enhance the process of drug addiction recovery aiming to decrease relapse cases that can be integrated as part of the drug rehabilitation process in Malaysia. There is a five phase Drug Abstinence Model for the time span of 2 years. General public awareness (Gpa), Motivation and willing persuasion (Mp), Assessment and Screening (AS), Maintenance / withdrawal therapy (Mt), Relapse Prevention Centre (RPC). All of these five stages ensure to fulfill the gaps between the psychological, social and integrated medication. Key-Words: Rehabilitation, Rehab center, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug rehab. Introduction The Global epidemic of opiate use continue to spread and it causes an increasing burden to both developed and under developing countries 1 . Inevitably Malaysia is just another country that has to deal with this Global Burden; a lot of studies have been carried out in Malaysia related to that of drug abuse and addiction. Simultaneously Malaysian anti narcotics taskforce is progressively working on the preventive and control measures of narcotics abuse 2 . Malaysia has the fastest growing economies in South East Asia with a population of approx. 26 million; experiencing extreme problems associated with the use of illicit drugs, there were 235495 registered drug users and offenders are registered in between 1988 to2002. Similarly, heroin accounts for 63% of drug abuse treatment admissions and 69% of drug related criminal offenses in Malaysia (National Drug Information 3 . * Corresponding Author: E-mail: wasifgillani@gmail.com Phone: +60174203027, Office: +604-6532205 According to the 2006 consensus report of National Anti drug agency, Ministry of Internal security of Malaysia showed that number of addicts release from rehabilitation center were almost the same as caught prison (5,366 release : 5554 caught). The NADI showed that total number of addicts up to the March 2000 was about 36,350 persons, 17,373 were new respondents while the remaining 18,977 were the relapsed cases (NADI). Governmental Anti- narcotic taskforce indicated that 275,499 heroin addicts were registered in 2004. WHO estimates that only one of four drug addicts are registered. Anti narcotic taskforce revealed that out of the 10,473 cases recorded from January to March 2005, 46.2% were new respondents and the remaining 53.8% were recidivist cases. Malaysian government is currently spending more than RM50mil per year for drug rehabilitation centre alone. The factors which influence drug-taking behavior are complex and multifaceted which include; Personal, social, economic, family, environmental and physiological 2 .