Drug fight faces more challenges

2012-06-26 17:20

By (chinadaily.com.cn)

There is no question drugs are the scourge of society: wrecking homes, destroying families and people's lives. In 1987, the United Nations General Assembly established June 26 as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking to serve as a reminder of the need to create an international society free of drug abuse.

Some 25 years later, the struggle continues and this year's message is themed on creating a "global action for healthy communities without drugs".

China Daily website brings you our special coverage on the fight against society's biggest menace and hopes to raise the public's awareness of the issues surrounding the problem.

Narcotics control in China

Police achieve success in anti-drug actions

Chinese police captured more than 550,000 suspects in cracking over 470,000 drug-related criminal cases between 2005 and 2011.>>
Mass text messages sent to fight against drugs
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Drug fight faces more challenges Alternate crops replacing opium poppies

Almost 200 Chinese companies become involved in efforts to give farmers in the Golden Triangle alternatives to growing opium poppies, bringing profits to communities in Southeast Asia and China.>>

China to work with Vietnam in fighting drugs

China and Vietnam have established their first liaison office for drug control at Dongxing city in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region to crack down on cross-border drug smuggling. >>
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Drug fight faces more challenges

Equality before the law

All suspects and convicted criminals will be treated equally before the law, regardless of their status. >>

Anti-drug campaigns across China

Drug fighting stories

Man, 80, fights for anti-drug awareness

Wang Qingquan, 80, has for the last 15 years devoted most of his life to bringing about anti-drug awareness.

Wang, from Gaoling county, Shannxi province, was credited among Top 10 anti-drug volunteers in 2007. When Wang was asked why he does it he said his elder brother used drugs to ease pain from a disease he was suffering from and was addicted to drugs before he died years later.>>

Training of detection dogs in NW China

In the eyes of drug control officials of the Urumqi customs district, their 12 detection dogs are more than heroin-sniffers; those buddies are comrades.

In a sense they are indispensible: the dogs have helped in the seizure over 600 kilograms of drugs and 5.25 tons of acetic anhydride, a drug precursor, in a decade or so since the Urumqi customs district set up its drug detection dog training base. >>

Hell of China's child drug users

One child as young as 12 swaps jokes and cigarettes with adults in a center which looks more like a high-security prison than a rehabilitation center.

The images, first published by Xiaoxiang Morning News in Changsha, capital city of Hunan province as part of their coverage for United Nation's International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, are disturbing enough. >>

Drug fight faces challenges
The poppy growing area in northern Myanmar has increased to 44,867 hectares this year, up 41 percent year-on-year. China seized 7.9 metric tons of ice coming from northern Myanmar last year, up 62 percent on the previous year. It accounted for 55 percent of all ice seized across the country. >> .................................................................................
Parcel post a willing mule for smugglers Express mail service has unwittingly become an accomplice of drug smugglers. So far this year, eight of the nine drug smuggling cases intercepted at Shanghai ports were via parcel post, according to customs. .................................................................................
Users seek new highs with novel chemicals New types of drugs such as ice, ketamine and ecstasy have surpassed traditional drugs in popularity among users in Guangdong province. ............................................................................... 70% of drug users start at entertainment venues More than 60,000 people were registered as drug addicts in Chongqing. 70 percent of the drug addicts are younger than 35, generally with low-literacy, and become addicted at entertainment venues.

Ending

Despite the continued and increased effort by the international community, the world's drug problem is still in a critical condition and a major threat to people's health, especially the young.

For many years China has continued to strive to stem the flow of drugs and work with the international community to stop drug trafficking. Everyone in society should take a stand in the fight against illegal drug use.