The City Government of Valenzuela, through its VC Cares Plus Program, sends a total of 199 drug dependents at the Central Luzon Drug Rehabilitation Center in Magalang, Pampanga, October 17, 2016, for a six-month long treatment and rehabilitation.

City Mayor REX Gatchalian talks to some of the drug dependents at the City Hall, October 17, 2016. He assured them of a better life after the six-month treatment at the Central Luzon Drug Rehabilitation Center in Magalang, Pampanga. Valenzuela City is the first local government unit in the country to sponsor drug dependents of this magnitude for rehabilitation.

City Mayor REX Gatchalian talks to some of the drug dependents at the City Hall, October 17, 2016. He assured them of a better life after the six-month treatment at the Central Luzon Drug Rehabilitation Center in Magalang, Pampanga. Valenzuela City is the first local government unit in the country to sponsor drug dependents of this magnitude for rehabilitation.

City Mayor REX Gatchalian talks to some of the drug dependents at the City Hall, October 17, 2016. He assured them of a better life after the six-month treatment at the Central Luzon Drug Rehabilitation Center in Magalang, Pampanga. Valenzuela City is the first local government unit in the country to sponsor drug dependents of this magnitude for rehabilitation.

City Mayor REX Gatchalian talks to some of the drug dependents at the City Hall, October 17, 2016. He assured them of a better life after the six-month treatment at the Central Luzon Drug Rehabilitation Center in Magalang, Pampanga. Valenzuela City is the first local government unit in the country to sponsor drug dependents of this magnitude for rehabilitation.

A drug dependent undergoes medical examination upon his arrival at the Central Luzon Drug Rehabilitation Center in Magalang, Pampanga, October 17, 2016. Valenzuela City, through its VC Cares Plus Program, sponsored the expenses of the 199 drug dependents for a six-month long treatment and rehabilitation.