- The Council of Ministers, on the proposal of the Ministry of Health, has today approved the proposal for the total territorial distribution of 21 million euros for the programs derived from the National Plan on Drugs.
- The grants will finance prevention, rehabilitation and social reintegration programmes, as well as the operation of the Spanish Drugs Observatory.
The Government, on the proposal of the Ministry of Health, has approved to allocate 2,770,214 euros to the Community of Madrid for anti-drug programs, within the framework of the National Plan on Drugs.
The Council of Ministers has authorized the distribution in total of 21,281,080 euros; these credits, which will be managed by the autonomous communities and cities of Ceuta and Melilla, allow continuity to the strategies of intervention against addictions throughout the national territory. The distribution criteria and the resulting distribution were already approved by the Sectoral Commission on May 20, 2026.
The funds are distributed through five key budget concepts to cover all areas of the National Addiction Strategy:
Prevention (4.67 million euros): Aimed at drug prevention programs developed within the framework of the National Strategy. The Community of Madrid is responsible for this item 722,863 euros.
Rehabilitation and Reintegration (1.47 million euros): Specifically for programs aimed at drug addicts with legal-criminal problems. The Community of Madrid is allocated 196,643 euros.
Spanish Observatory of Drugs and Addictions (1.66 million euros): For the collection and analysis of data on treatment, emergency and mortality indicators. For the Community of Madrid it is 151,752 euros.
Development of the National Strategy (3.86 million euros): General expenses derived from the regional programs of the National Strategy on Addictions. From this item, for the Community of Madrid they are 675,703 euros.
Application of Law 17/2003 (9.6 million euros): Funds for various activities in application of the current regulations on the confiscated property fund. The Community of Madrid has 1,023,251 euros of this item.
The distribution of funds has been carried out following technical criteria that include the de facto population, population dispersion, support for coordination structures and specific variables such as admissions to treatment or mortality recorded in the last five years.
This agreement reaffirms the stable collaboration between the Ministry of Health and the regional administrations to address the problem of addictions in a comprehensive and coordinated manner.