Reflections On China’s Community Drug Rehabilitation System From The Perspective Of Welfare Pluralism

The Community Drug Rehabilitation System is an important part of China’s drug rehabilitation system.Its basic concept is to make full use of various social resources,using the power of all sectors of society under the leadership of the government.It aims to help drug addicts to quit drugs through scientific drug rehabilitation programs and caring community environment.The Community Drug Rehabilitation System,dominated by the “medical model”,bears the virtue of social welfare.However,it violates the original intention of this system due to the defects in the institutional practice,such as excessive authority of the state departments and insufficient participation of social entities.To improve this situation,correct theoretical guidance and reasonable enhancement of the measures are required.Welfare pluralism has become the mainstream theory of social welfare policy.It played an important transformation role in the “welfare state crisis” with regards to the development and change of foreign social welfare policies.The theory of welfare pluralism emphasizes the transformation of the role of government and the democratic participation of all subjects in society.It advocates the diversification of welfare providers to adapt to the changes in social welfare needs.This concept is in line with the legislation and concept of The Community Drug Rehabilitation System in China,and it is therefore worthy of in-depth analysis.Judging from the extraterritorial practice of welfare pluralism in The Community Drug Rehabilitation System,the US drug courts use social pluralists as the decision-making and implementation subjects of drug rehabilitation measures,and treat drug addicts with diversified measures.The social encounters as the main means of implementation are in line with the ideological core of welfare pluralism.Inspecting the US drug court is not only a vivid practice of the aforementioned theories,but also a good sample for the improvement of The Community Drug Rehabilitation System in China.The US Drug Court is confirmed to achieve good legal effects and social effects.Under the guidance of the theory of welfare pluralism,the paper draws on the relevant design of the US Drug Court,proposes ways to improve The Community Drug Rehabilitation System from the precise definition of government functions and the participation of social forces,in order to better play the role of the community drug rehabilitation system.