Article 33 of the Saudi Narcotics Law Implementing Regulations

First: the Committee's tasks:

• Form sub-committees, define their tasks and working procedures, and follow up and evaluate their performance.
• Study the sub-committees' reports on addiction cases and submit recommendations to the National Committee for Narcotics Control.
• Designate the bodies authorized to receive requests for treatment of addiction, whether from the addict himself or from one of his ascendants, descendants, spouse or another relative, and set the rules for receiving these requests.
• Set the rules for preserving the confidentiality of information under Article 51 of the Law.

Second: membership: representatives of the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Social Affairs, the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution, and the National Committee for Narcotics Control.

Third: working procedures:

• It has a secretariat that coordinates its work, and it meets at the headquarters of the National Committee for Narcotics Control.
• Its chairman serves for 3 years, renewable once only, rotating between the Ministries of Interior and Health, and is chosen by the Minister of Interior in agreement with the Minister of Health.
• It meets periodically every 3 months, and may meet at the chairman's request when needed. It issues its decisions by majority.
• It may seek the help of specialists and add whatever procedures it sees fit to facilitate its work, and it is supported financially and technically by the General Secretariat of the National Committee.

The practical importance for families is that a request for treatment may be submitted by the addict or a relative to the bodies the Committee designates. The article does not name those bodies. Anyone who needs guidance in a specific case can consult a lawyer who specializes in criminal cases.