Confiscated opium poppy destroyed to mark anti-drug day
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Updated: 2005-06-26 20:44

A Chinese policeman stands as opium poppies were burnt during an anti-drug campaign in Bozhou city, East China's Anhui province June 26, 2005. A number of cities in China organized activities, such as burning confiscated opium poppy and holding anti-drug exhibitions, to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking which falls on June 26. Statistics from the Ministry of Public Security indicate that the number of registered drug addicts in China reached 791,000 by the end of last year. More than 2,200 of the nation's 2,863 counties were found to have drug users. [newsphoto] A Chinese firefighter sets drugs on fire in a container at a stadium in Hefei, East China's Anhui province June 26, 2005. Local authorities organize the activity to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking which falls on June 26 each year. Statistics from the Ministry of Public Security indicate the number of registered drug addicts in China reached 791,000 by the end of last year. More than 2,200 of the nation's 2,863 counties were found to have drug users. [newsphoto] Construction workers look at Chinese volunteers brave the rain to march against drugs in honor of anti-drug day in Beijing Sunday, June 26, 2005. Government said 10,000 people took part in the march in Northwest Beijing.[AP] Chinese soldiers escort drug dealers to a public sentence at the Wulin Square in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province June 24, 2005. Twenty drug dealers were sentenced and six of them were executed on Friday. The public sentence was part of activities to mark the upcoming International Anti-Drugs day that falls on Sunday. [newsphoto]