Home / News Type Content Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read | Comment
Int'l Day Against Drug Marked
Adjust font size:
Governmental and non-governmental organizations in Beijing and Shanghai yesterday met to discuss and display anti-narcotic activities in observance of International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, which takes place today.

In Beijing, scientists, doctors, educators and activists called for an extensive drug and AIDS publicity campaign.

They also suggested that drug-control and AIDS-prevention measures be included as an indispensable part of school curriculums.

Wu Jieping, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, called for health, public security and education authorities to cooperate in the battle against drug use and AIDS.

His remark came at the opening day of the Fourth National Drug Control Publicity Workshop organized by the China Foundation of Science and Technology Development.

Blood transfusions, use of blood products, sex and mother-infant fluid transmissions are recognized as major channels for the spread of AIDS in China.

But intravenous injections of drugs are responsible for 72.4 percent of all HIV/AIDS infection cases reported in the Chinese mainland, official figures indicated.

"Where drug dealers went, AIDS followed," said Wu, at the annul one-day workshop to mark the special day against drug abuse with the theme of "Drug Use and AIDS."

Yesterday, more than 500 university students in Beijing received training on drug control and AIDS prevention at Renmin University of China. The students are expected to act as volunteers in an upcoming publicity campaign in rural and urban areas.

As part of the workshop and training, the foundation also staged a one-day painting and calligraphy show in Beijing, which was attended by renowned artists in an effort to support anti-drug activities.

Beijing health and public security authorities yesterday revealed that they have registered 23,000 drug users in the city and that about 65 percent of HIV/AIDS infection are related to drug use.

In Shanghai, local police have arrested over 937 suspects in 925 narcotics trafficking cases so far this year.

By June 20, Shanghai police had seized 63.52 kilograms of heroin, 1.44 kilograms of ecstasy tablets, 1.14 kilograms of marijuana, and 3.02 kilograms of "ice" which were made into pills.

"The total amount of the drugs confiscated in the past few months this year has outnumbered that of the whole year of 2000," said Cai Liqun, an officer from Shanghai Public Security Bureau.

Statistics show that by the end of last year, the city had more than 14,000 registered drug-users, and 21 percent of them were female, showing a slight increase over 2000.

(China Daily June 26, 2002)

Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read
Comment
Pet Name
Anonymous
China Archives
Related >>
- "Ice" Trafficker Arrested in Chongqing
- Measures Taken to Stop Narcotics Trade
- Police Seize Drug Trafficking Syndicate
- Drug Problem Grows, Upsets Social Stability
- Shanghai's Police Bust Heroin Gang
- China Sentences Five to Death For Drug Trafficking
- Shanghai Seizes More Illicit Drugs
- Yunnan Police Seize 672.9 Kg of Heroin
- Gains Reported in Nationwide Anti-drug Campaign
- Joint Efforts Net Drug Traffickers
Most Viewed >>
- World's longest sea-spanning bridge to open
- Yao out for season with stress fracture in left foot
- 141 seriously polluting products blacklisted
- China starts excavation for world's first 3G nuclear plant
- 'The China Riddle'
- Irresponsible remarks on Hu Jia case opposed 
- China, US agree to step up constructive,cooperative relations
- 3 dead in south China school killing
- Factory fire kills 15, injures 3 in Shenzhen
- McDonald's turns to feng shui

Product Directory
China Search
Country Search
Hot Buys