More youth involved in drug trade
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In the entertainment sector, more than a dozen film stars and singers have been caught using illicit substances, including Jaycee Chan, son of actor Jackie Chan, who was sentenced to six months in prison for a drug offense in January last year.
Drug use by teenagers was on the rise last year. In a typical incident, 16 students in Beijing were detained after a raid on a dormitory at Beijing Midi School of Music in November.
However, the total number of registered illegal drug users in China dropped by 20 percent to 2.34 million last year, according to the report.
"Our drug situation is generally controllable and drug issues haven't affected the country's economic growth and social development," said Liu Yuejin, deputy head of the China National Narcotics Control Commission.
China had 2.95 million registered drug users by the end of 2014 and the number fell due to a considerable number of recovered drug users.
A total of 1.14 million recovered drug users who hadn't used illicit substances for three consecutive years were removed from the list last year, Liu said.
Liu added that around 530,000 new illegal drug users have been found and registered last year, a 14.6 percent year-on-year increase.
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