More youth involved in drug trade
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Drugs seized by police are displayed in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, in January.[Photo by Chao Xiao/China Daily] |
The number of youths using illegal drugs increased last year, accounting for 62 percent of registered users nationwide, the 2015 China Drug Situation Report shows.
Youths are also major participants in the illegal drug trade, according to the annual report released by the Public Security Ministry on Thursday.
It said people under the age of 35 accounted for 61.3 percent of the 194,000 suspects apprehended last year. Of the current 2.34 million registered drug users in the country, 1.8 percent are under the age of 18 and 60.6 percent are 18 to 35.
In 2014, people under the age of 35 accounted for 57.1 percent of illegal drug users. Drug issues attracted wide public attention last year with people from a variety of sectors being caught.
In September, 18 county officials in Hunan province were disciplined in a highly unusual instance of civil servants and members of the Communist Party of China being openly punished over using illicit drugs.
Some 39 functionaries have been caught using drugs since a local regulation on drug use among Party members and civil servants was rolled out in Hengyang county, Hunan, in January last year.
Liu Qunlin, former procurator-general, and Gong Weiguo, former mayor, in Linxiang, were being investigated for suspected drug use last year.
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